Suggestions on getting damsels out your tank?

[TobySaelee]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[eatbreakfast]

A fish trap with a mirror in the back always works for me.

 

[saltnewb]

I have a 29g biocube

I have a 29g bow front.

 

[TobySaelee]

I have a 29g bow front.

Nice, how many lr is in your tank?

 

[saltnewb]

it's a total of 6 pieces and i think it's about 20lbs or so.

 

[4FordFamily]

I second the fish trap I bought mine on amazon. I think it was actually an acclimation box but I made it work!

 

[vic5hands]

EAsY get a Lion Fish .. When finished sell it

 

[saltnewb]

lol @vic5hands