The wonders of a fish trap

[Satori]

Why is it that the only fish in the tank that won't go in the trap is the one you want to catch?? :lol:

http://mike.magnuson.com/fishintrap.jpg

[kirstenk]

:lol: Who do you want to catch?

[Satori]

Yellow clown goby.
He's making sure no polyps come out on any coral on the left side of the tank.

[Sk8r]

You got a rabbit in that trap! That's amazing!

[Satori]

In the picture, it's a powder blue tang, a sailfin tang, a painted fairy wrasse, and red parrot fairy wrasse. Just a few seconds earlier the yellow tang was in there too, but I was too slow with the camera.

[kirstenk]

Maybe you can capture the goby at night. Drop some netting over the coral it sleeps in and remove the whole thing.

[Satori]

I just had a PM suggesting siphoning him out with a large hose. I'll try that after work. If that doesn't work, I'll try your suggestion Kirsten.

[cerreta]

Sucks to be the goby, literally.

[SWSaltwater]

I miss my fish trap, loaned it out and never saw it again.

[Satori]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7431228#post7431228 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cerreta
Sucks to be the goby, literally.

:lol:

Siphoning didn't work. He won't let that hose get anywhere near him. I imagine it makes a very loud sucking noise underwater.

I put a large branchy monti digi frag in the fish trap. Maybe he'll go try to perch in it.