help!

[stoney1118]

i need to catch a gold head sleeper goby bf he burys all the coral on my sand bed! i have a fish trap but he has no interest in food so he wont go in it! i gotta get him out help please! oh by the way its a 180 thats 30in deep so, yeah!

 

[jennm]

Ugh... that isn't going to be easy

No sage advice here... you may have to move a lot of stuff around to get him out.

Jenn

 

[stoney1118]

oh no dont say that jen! hopefully we can trap him! ive got some glass panels im gonna try to box him in

 

[jennm]

How did you make out?

 

[stoney1118]

lol havent had a chance to try yet!

 

[rolo65]

I've heard tridents work well......no garantee on him living tho....lol.....

 

[rolo65]

That or a sling shot.....

 

[drnecropolis]

Burn him out!!

 

[miami dolfan]

Try a pvc pipe

 

[rolo65]

ok....so the first thing you do is set up a video camera facing across the room in the opposite direction of your tank......then drop a M80 in the tank to where it falls in his burrow.....after about 4 seconds take off running across the room and make a diving catch of said goby.....(don't forget celebratory dance!!!!).....then upload video here and YouTube......and before long it might make it onto Top 50 sports bloopers of the decade....

 

[jennm]

Good idea - we do that for eels...

To expand on the idea a bit - small length of PVC pipe, on the bottom of the tank. If/when the fish goes in, stick a net on each end of the pipe, and lift the whole assembly out.

Works like a charm for eels - it might work with the goby too

Good catch MD!

Jenn

 

[stoney1118]

i will do! he is a super healthy fish, eats daily and keeps the sand looking new, however like i said hes burying my delicate corals! not good! i almost lost my orange plate last week bc of him!

 

[rolo65]

But In all honesty.....the PVC pipe may work pretty well.....that's how I caught my jawfish....

 

[stoney1118]

ill try it! thanks guys/girls, my tank is over 30" deep so that dosent make things any easier;(

 

[rolo65]

Do the M80 thing.....^^^^^.....haha

 

[stoney1118]

lol it would def be entertaining!

 

[stoney1118]

no i havent had a chance to try yet, prob try friday!