Red coris wrasse problem

[Be Cool Bob]

I have a red coris wrasse that incompletely emptied my reed tank to catch but he hid so well in the sand I couldn't find him. Assuming I crushed him or he was in rocks I pulled out...day later hes back swimming around. He really be a pia so looking for suggestions on how to catch him without 8 hours of teardown

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

They can hide in the sand. Do you have sand in the tank?

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Barbless fly hook baited with mysid-- https://www.orvis.com/store/product_search_promote.aspx?keyword=barbless&sp_cs=UTF-8

 

[Flippers4pups]

You could try a acrylic trap.

 

[Be Cool Bob]

yeah they all hide in the sand...i even dragged the sand bed with all the rocks out...hes very elusive.
i was thinking of getting an acrylic trap but might take awhile to get him to go into it

 

[Be Cool Bob]

Took about 2 weeks but finally caught him using acrylic trap