How To Catch A Wrasse?

[Rovert]

I have a 6-line wrasse that needs to be re-homed. I've tried netting and the soda-bottle-fish-trap methods with no success, he's just too skittish. Anyone have some suggestions on how to trap this guy and send him to a good home?

 

[jkcoral]

How big is your tank?

I’ve had to catch a few 6 lines over the years, and they are tricky. If your tank is on the smaller size, I’ve found the easiest method to be draining the display until the water is pretty shallow giving them less room to run.

 

[Rovert]

How big is your tank?

I’ve had to catch a few 6 lines over the years, and they are tricky. If your tank is on the smaller size, I’ve found the easiest method to be draining the display until the water is pretty shallow giving them less room to run.

LOL Not gonna happen, I've got 170 in the display. Really hoping for another option.

 

[afrokobe]

fish bottle trap. take a bottle cut the top off and invert. Then bait the inside, caught my sixline in an hour

 

[KING KONG]

I have a 6-line wrasse that needs to be re-homed. I've tried netting and the soda-bottle-fish-trap methods with no success, he's just too skittish. Anyone have some suggestions on how to trap this guy and send him to a good home?

1) Bottle trap with some food
2) A lionfish:):rolling-on-the-floor-laughing:
They r superfast. I found success with draining and pulling all rocks out but my tank was relatively small

All the best!

 

[Bucs20fan]

1. Trap, but you said you tried that
2. Lion or grouper, some similar predator easy to remove LOLLLL
3. Nuclear Option, drain the tank down, or remove rocks.

I know that sucks, But i was in a similar situation in my 90g. I had a cherry grouper I was trying to grow out, it was about 3 inches. So I could eventually add it to my Fowlr tank. But at 3 inches it ate my 4 inch royal gramma, so it had to go. Only way I could catch it was by draining tank.

 

[afrokobe]

oh I didnt see that the trap didnt work. I would try placing near where he swims usually then leaving it for a couple of hours and try not feeding the tank, so he's more incline to go into the baited trap

 

[jkcoral]

You could also try making a bottle trap out of something that has a slightly larger opening (like a Gatorade bottle). I’ve had success doing that when fish were reluctant to swim through the smaller coke bottle.

Also, give it a few days with you putting food in the trap during feeding time. It’ll let the six line get a bit more comfortable seeing food in there and more likely to enter.

 

[homer1475]

Ive never had a fish I could not catch with a tankmatez.

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[TnFishwater98]

 

[Rovert]

*sigh*

So, figuring that I needed a larger bottle, I got a wide-mouth container of Pure Tea and after peeing my brains out, busted up some rubble to weigh it down, hoping I'd catch the six-line nemesis.

Green Chromis... check
Cleaner Wrasse... check
Purple Tang... check
Hippo Tang... check
FoxFace... check
6 Line... GFY

Very tempted to use a Remington 800 12ga Tactical at this point. Further updates as they come. Carry on.

 

[Rovert]

Ive never had a fish I could not catch with a tankmatez.

Handcrafted Aquarium Fish Traps - TankMatez

Shop eco-friendly aquarium fish trap designs and handcrafted accessories from TankMatez. Catch fish safely and enjoy a stress-free aquarium experience.

www.tankmatez.com

Not having any success with other methods. Can you help me understand how this trap works? I hesitate to spend that kind of money if it's not going to work better than a soda bottle.