Derek Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I love buying fish. It is my addiction. I generally like to buy a fish when it is little and then trade it in when it gets bigger. There are a few fish that I have kept for a long time and still have, like my Marine Betta and my Pink Skunk Clowns. Is it bad that I like to trade fish in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Bad to the Bone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I have a 2" valingii ( sp?) tang in a bio cube. Is that wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 i keep a mixed reef by the window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcraze_1 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 how big are those skunk clowns any pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaJohn Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 if it makes you happy then its good <dont let the tang police see you have a tang in a biocube > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I don't really think it is a bad thing. In a way, stores are getting mature fish that are acclimated to tank life. So in theory, they should be hardier compared to one fresh from the ocean. I have traded in fish before when my mood has changed for the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 The female is about 2.5 inches long and the male is about 2 inches long. I'll see if I can get a picture when the lights come on today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 What I want to know is how you catch fish in a 185 gallon tank? I'm trying to get a Naso vlamingii out of a 330 and am having fits and thinking a shotgun would be best (although maybe I'll try a trap first). Stupid fish even knows when to avoid a hook (caught the Flame Hawk 3 times now) even with seaweed and refuses to go near a net with food in it. I don't really think it is a bad thing. In a way, stores are getting mature fish that are acclimated to tank life. So in theory, they should be hardier compared to one fresh from the ocean. I have traded in fish before when my mood has changed for the tank. I think James makes an excellent point here. The vast majority of the fish we get are juveniles or subadults which ship better than larger adult fish. Growing out fish to adult size and selling them or trading them in "should" help preserve the adult breeding populations. I would like to see more people doing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 I actually made a trap that has been super successful. It only cost me a about $25 bucks to make. I'm more than happy to share the design with you. Maybe you'll have some ideals on how to improve it. I took a standard specimen container and a piece of acrylic. I cut the piece of acrylic to cover the top of the specimen box. I then cut a third of the piece of acrylic off and then siliconed that smaller piece to the specimen box as well as super glued it. Super glue first, then the silicon. Once it was all dried, I drilled two holes in the smaller piece and two holes in the larger piece. I used regular trash bag twist ties as "hinges". I drilled a hole in the middle of the other side of the acrylic for a string hole. I then use a magnet to fix it to the back of the tank. This part is super important, you have to have the trap as close to the sand bed as possible, the fish will not go in it if it isn't close to the bottom. I then just take my nori clip, put some nori in it, and put it in the tank. I usually put a mysid cube or a brine cube in there too. It took me all of 30 minutes to catch my naso tang and my flagfin angel. Note: I still use the trap to acclimate fish, corals, and invertebrates. It is still a fully functional specimen box. It could use some sort of latch for when it closes. If the fish is strong enough and you don't have enough tention on the line they can push out. This is what the trap looks like: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The traps I make use plastic "canvas" from hobby stores that has a 1/8 grid or mesh and are tiewrapped together. Sometimes I've used a piece of mirrored acrylic inside that has worked on some real territorial fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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