The typical how to get clownfish out of overflow?

That would be awesome but with my set up a major pain I the a$$ to remove that pipe. I almost caught him today.
I lost my job on Monday. Insurance ends end of month so even spending $10 on tubing wide and long enough will be challenging. It might have to live in there for a week or two

 

Man I'm sorry to hear that I hope things work out quickly for you. You're absolutely correct, it jumped in and wanted to be there and can live there for a bit.

 

Sorry to hear ball game. He'll be fine in there for a bit, just check for him regularly as he may succumb to the suction and end up in the mechanical filtration portion of the sump. Hope things turn around for you.

 

I caught it!!! Just now. Caught it while it was sleeping. It escaped first attempt but I reached down and snagged it. Wow. What a pain in the a$&. But I got it back in display

 

That's awesome!!! Lets hope it stays in the display

 

Thanks. How many of you have a screen over the top of tank? Mine is completely open

 

I have a screen over mine, In my old tank I had several fish end up in the overflows. I made a lid for them. Most times I would just turn of everything and then unscrew the standpipe and gently drain them down to the bottom. then I would reach in with a small net and grab said fish. I know I did this for my 6 line 5 or 6 times over 4 years as I had some large slots. fish is still alive and in a new tank.

also had a powder brown tang get sucked into a CPR overflow. knew it was dead and had to use a butterknife to get him upright. fish survived for several more years. I have also had a clownfish traverse the entire CPR overflow.

 

Now that I don't have a canopy that keeps the top enclosed, a screen top is the next item on my to-do list. I'm probably going to try and get it done this weekend.

I have fished out my smaller clown from my eshopps overflow so many friggen times.

 

Great news that you caught him! I'm sure you've seen my posts about fish in my overflow