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Unread 12/12/2021, 07:09 AM   #1
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catch a wrasse in large sump ?

overflow screen moved and little bugger got from my tank to the sump.

Are there easy methods to catching return to the main tank?


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Unread 12/12/2021, 10:49 AM   #2
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Nighttime would be easiest IMHO.
If you can form a barricade to decrease his area even better.


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Unread 12/12/2021, 03:53 PM   #3
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not going to be able to do that .. it's a 220 sump and about 1/2 of it has live rock


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Unread 12/12/2021, 04:16 PM   #4
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Bad news, you probably won't be able to catch it....good news, the wrasse will thrive in a sump full of live rock and all of those pods.


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Unread 12/13/2021, 09:33 AM   #5
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What Adrienne said.

If the sump isn't covered, he'll find a way out himself.


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Unread 12/15/2021, 05:23 AM   #6
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I hope he doesn't jump out...


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Unread 12/15/2021, 06:48 PM   #7
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I hope he doesn't jump out...
Wrasses are jumpers.


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Unread 12/15/2021, 08:17 PM   #8
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If he were mine and it was just a rubble pile, I'd prepare a sufficient vessel with sump water, shut down the system, move all the live rock over there, and plant a cut-to-fit piece of plastic across the middle, then start squeezing the space until I had the rascal in one place or the other. It once took me an hour to catch an amazing red-stripe 2" goby in an 8" pump chamber, but I got him, undamaged. I'm stubborn that way.


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Unread 12/17/2021, 09:34 PM   #9
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What does he eat? Would a fish trap not work, maybe some frozen food in there?


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Unread 12/27/2021, 08:52 AM   #10
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Years ago, I had a similar issue w' a banana wrasse (but I was trying to remove it from my main tank for 'bad behavior'). It was very wily and evasive, burying in the sand if it felt threatened. So, I purchased the smallest fishing hook I could find, tying it to fishing line (which I attached to my 'fishing pole'- a pencil). I baited it with some shrimp meat, and it worked like a charm. I removed him (unharmed). Give it a try.


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