Need help catching a flame hawkfish

[recess62]

Dont know how this guy got into my corner over flow but he did. Any suggestions as to how to get him out easily? My fish trap won’t fit. I could pull the emergency stand pipe out and flush him down the emergency overflow into a net I but suspect this will be a little traumatic

 

[Cherub]

using a net is your only choice really outside of pulling off the bulkhead

 

[recess62]

using a net is your only choice really outside of pulling off the bulkhead

Wah. Come on. There has got to be another way

 

[scurvy dawg]

I have nothing except to wish you good luck! Those buggers are hard to get in an open tank with no structure.

 

[recess62]

I have nothing except to wish you good luck! Those buggers are hard to get in an open tank with no structure.

Double wah

What I can try is to pull out my primary from the top. I don’t have it glued. It is stuck into a coupling. That will leave about 4 inches of water in the bottom of the over flow. I wish I had longer arms

 

[scurvy dawg]

To be honest, your original idea of flushing him down the emergency overflow is not that far fetched. How big is the pipe? Is it a straight shot down? He may not like it at the time, but I think fish have short memories.

 

[recess62]

1.5 inch straight shot through a gate valve

 

[scurvy dawg]

1.5 inch straight shot through a gate valve

I'd do it, but I don't know what your risk tolerance is.

 

[recess62]

High risk tolerance. Low frustration tolerance. So maybe I should flush him. Any others?

 

[Cherub]

just slowly lower the net into the overflow and catch it. I've caught fish like that before. The emergency overflow sounds hectic. Just use a net

 

[scurvy dawg]

just slowly lower the net into the overflow and catch it. I've caught fish like that before. The emergency overflow sounds hectic. Just use a net

A Flame Hawkfish will jump right out the net.

 

[Gweeds1980]

If you want to get creative... microhook and blackworm... He'll bit first time I bet.

 

[scurvy dawg]

Let us know if you were successful and how you ended up getting him out of there.

 

[recess62]

Let us know if you were successful and how you ended up getting him out of there.

Success. Two nets, 2 pairs of 24 inch forceps, 2 people. Lol. Cursing

 

[scurvy dawg]

Success. Two nets, 2 pairs of 24 inch forceps, 2 people. Lol. Cursing