In short, drastic measures of fish removal.
We've all heard of the most common fish removal methods, most of us have used a few or all to remove a trouble maker.
The red light trick
Train to eat out of a net
Go fishing (literally)
Fish traps (commercial /diy)
Catch it while it sleeps
Chase it with a net (1st one to tire looses)
90% drain-n-catch
Baited acclimation box
And I'm sure there are tons more. But what happens when they all fail. What happens when the tank is too big to drain, the rockwork too dense too coral covered to move. What happens when the fish is just to smart to be caught, would you save your remaining fish from further harm or your expensive corals from predation by taking drastic actions?
I was recently shown a video where a guys tang was going ballistic on all the other fish causing stress and panic which caused a ton of coral damage as fish bulldozed it running from the tang. This was a 1500+ gallon system with an old school rockwall to boot. Ultimately the decision was made to spear the fish out. Apparently everything else had been tried and the damage was in the 4 digits quickly approaching 5 digits.
Not here to discuss to morality of it more the logistical side of catching an impossible fish as well as a worst case scenario and how far someone will go to save their fish, corals and ultimately a large monetary investment .
So my question is what would you do if all else fails?
We've all heard of the most common fish removal methods, most of us have used a few or all to remove a trouble maker.
The red light trick
Train to eat out of a net
Go fishing (literally)
Fish traps (commercial /diy)
Catch it while it sleeps
Chase it with a net (1st one to tire looses)
90% drain-n-catch
Baited acclimation box
And I'm sure there are tons more. But what happens when they all fail. What happens when the tank is too big to drain, the rockwork too dense too coral covered to move. What happens when the fish is just to smart to be caught, would you save your remaining fish from further harm or your expensive corals from predation by taking drastic actions?
I was recently shown a video where a guys tang was going ballistic on all the other fish causing stress and panic which caused a ton of coral damage as fish bulldozed it running from the tang. This was a 1500+ gallon system with an old school rockwall to boot. Ultimately the decision was made to spear the fish out. Apparently everything else had been tried and the damage was in the 4 digits quickly approaching 5 digits.
Not here to discuss to morality of it more the logistical side of catching an impossible fish as well as a worst case scenario and how far someone will go to save their fish, corals and ultimately a large monetary investment .
So my question is what would you do if all else fails?
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