Fish in overflow
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You can pull out/off the pvc pipe and allow the fish to go down to your sump. It should come off. (Just be ready with extra water coming thru. Or you may use small net to fish em out if you get lucky.
Thanks. I’ll try it.
This happened to me with a small tailspot blenny, I ended up getting two small extendable nets from amazon because I was scared of my plumbing ha. I'd position one the full length of the overflow and one maybe half so you maneuver easily. It took me 3 or 4 tries but was ultimately able to nab him by moving him up towards the top. If comfortable with removing the overflow, that's probably the easiest, just have something below to catch like a filter sock or net on the way down.
I puttied the area of the overflow he used to escape and haven't had any other fish go in.
I puttied the area of the overflow he used to escape and haven't had any other fish go in.
A friend suggested siphoning the water out of the overflow and getting the fish out that way.
