Suggestions on getting damsels out your tank?

TobySaelee · Feb 9, 2017

I've had my yellow tail blue damsel and 2 Four-striped damsel for quite some time now and now I want them out due to me getting new fishes. I know they're territorial and aggressive but I kept them when I first started my tank as starters. Any suggestions?

saltnewb · Feb 9, 2017

i had a yellow tail blue devil as well. i didn't have any corals at the time and ended up "chasing" the fish into a piece of live rock, removed that piece of rock and placed it into a 5g bucket that had tank water in it, waited for the damsel to swim out and then put the rock back in the tank. otherwise i think the damsel would still be stressing out my clowns. just curious, what size tank do you have?

3mm3 · Feb 9, 2017

I used this. The hanging system they have for it is terrible though. I set it on the sand. Also the door may hang up and decide it doesn't want to close.
But it will do the job.

http://m.drsfostersmith.com/product...5Aro2vhSX_8a0HsL7INQyiIrub4p-BNkhoaAhIl8P8HAQ

davocean · Feb 9, 2017

To me really the least invasive way is just scoop a well in the sand, drain your tank water into brutes or similar, scoop fish out of that well area, pump water back in, takes about 10 minutes usually, I use the pump I make WC water with.

TobySaelee · Feb 9, 2017

saltnewb said:
i had a yellow tail blue devil as well. i didn't have any corals at the time and ended up "chasing" the fish into a piece of live rock, removed that piece of rock and placed it into a 5g bucket that had tank water in it, waited for the damsel to swim out and then put the rock back in the tank. otherwise i think the damsel would still be stressing out my clowns. just curious, what size tank do you have?

I have a 29g biocube