How do I catch my fish

I have this Christmas Wrasse that folks have said is bad, and I think perhaps he's taken out my peppermint shrimp, and maybe even hurt my clown, so I want to take the guy back to the store (yes, I've already been scolded for the purchase without the prior planning and research). However, I tried catching him tonight with no success - tried luring out with food, "herding" into a net and had no success. He eventually buried himself under the live rock. Was wondering, with the live rock, does anyone have any good suggestions on getting him caught and out without having to dismantle the tank and without stressing the other guys too bad? I've had using a red container somehow in the tank as I guess fish can't see red and I've had putting in a bottle with food and hoping he swims in then yank it up. Any other thoughts?

 

ya sry to hear...yup catching fish can really be a b#$ch ....really its luck, if the fish makes a stupid move and lands in ur net lol....

 

As far as I know, fish can see red. Now using a red lens on the flashlight to look in at night is another story...that you can do without startling the fish.

As for the removal of the fish....you have two options..

Take out most of the rock and try again to catch him

or

Drain most of the water out, remove the fish, and put the water back in.

Good Luck! (I had to do that twice...I took the rock out, as I did not have anything large enough to contain the water...)

 

Starve the fish for a few days then try a fish trap. Here's a link to a DIY trap:

http://www.floridadriftwood.com/fish_trap.htm

and one that you can buy:

http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_miscellaneous_fish_trap.asp?ast=&key=

 

Hello everyone. Just wanted to let you know that I caught the guy and he is happily (well, I hope at least) back at the fish store. Thanks for all your help and suggestions!!

 

So, how did you catch him?

 

Ended up just luring him with some food to a side of the tank with little rock and got a big net in so he couldn't get back to the rock, then "reeled" him in with a small net. Had to do a bit of tank re-arrangement to do it, but it worked...

 

thats good hope everything from now on works smoothly