help requested!

poo-tang · #1 01/02/2008, 08:44 PM

anyone have a fish trap near me i could borrow? it needs to be able to catch a 5-6 inch purple tang. he's harrassing the hell outta my yellow tang, thought they'd be okay but apparently not. can't get rid of the yellow as he was my first marine fish.

others ideas entertained but he's a spooky one.

saleenpwr88 · #2 01/02/2008, 09:09 PM

If you have a two liter, cut the top of it off, invert it and then push it back on the bottle. Make sure you cut a hole in the top so that the tang can get in...Put some food in the bottle and you should have a trap...Hopefully the tang is the first to go in there

Good luck.

poo-tang · #3 01/02/2008, 11:49 PM

the hole will be too large, he'll swim right out when i try to retrieve the bottle?

Fish_wiz2 · #4 01/03/2008, 11:10 AM

Check out meleve's trap it caught a hippo blue tang in no time. Also to see it in action go to i-tunes search Reefcast and check out Meleve's fish trap.

saleenpwr88 · #5 01/03/2008, 02:13 PM

Try cutting the hole vertically then so it will be harder for the fish to get out.

esdayal · #6 01/03/2008, 02:39 PM

I have an excellent trap that has done wonders when it comes to catching fishes in 5-7 minutes. you r welcome to borrow but I think you are pretty far.

poo-tang · #7 01/03/2008, 04:01 PM

great ideas i will try tonite and check out melev's trap...thanks esdayal i'll have to get real desperate to have to go to niles.