Chad and Belinda Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Okay, so I bought a green wrasse last night and put him into our tank. This morning, he was MIA...we just assumed he didn't make it. This evening we found him in our overflow box. How in the world do we get him out? We have a very HEAVY canopy on top of the tank...which makes it even harder to get to the little sucker. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddybluewater Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 You are going to have to get something below it to force it to the surface. Wrasse are bad about jumping, it might even jump out of the overflow when you are trying to force it to the top. Sounds like you might have an eventual carpet surfer if you are not lucky. I can't remember is your canopy open on top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I had a wrasse jump into the overflow when I first got him too. Only thing that let me get at him was a net that I could reach the bottom with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Wondering if by using clear tubing (it has to be wide enough for the fish to fit freely) and siphoning the fish out. I don't know....but it might sound harsh, but I've been able to siphon small fish, like small wrasses and firefish that ended up in the overflow....without harm. In our case, the light fixture is in the way, so using a long handle net is useless....not able to maneuver the darn thing in such tight places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Thanks guys...Guess I'm gonna have to give into the fact the massive canopy and all the heavy equipment must come off if I want to save this $12 fish that didn't make it 10 hours before he caused me more problems than any of the other fish in the tank. Not really having a lot of luck with this type of wrasse. 1st one is still MIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wryknow Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I had a similar thing happen to me. I pulled out the drain pipe and he got sucked down into the sump with the water and I just pulled him out of the filter sock. I'm not sure how big your fish or your drain line is though and I was standing by with a bucket of water and a net in case I needed to grab him out of the bottom of the overflow box or add more water to fluch him. Wrasse can certainly be a PITA sometimes. (Carpet surfin little ******** ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexKilpatrick Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Do you have a durso-style overflow? I know on mine, it is just held in place with friction, so I can pull it out to clean it. If you have something like that, you could pull it out, causing the overflow to drain. At that point he might be out of the water for a few seconds, but he would be easy to net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 We have a chromis stuck in our overflow. When we do the water change tomorrow we should be able to catch it with a couple of nets. I will be installing black netting material over the top of the overflow. This should stop this problem (it's happened twice now). Dave- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 GOOD NEWS!!! Thanks for all the help guys...together Chad and I caught him with a net (without having to take the canopy off ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoaholic chic Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Same thing happend to me. He ended up in the sump on the filter floss and died. Did you put a filter floss on top of the Bio Ball section? Feed him on the top let him get sucked in and wait for him on the floss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEN H Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Some wrasses are really bad about jumping. You might want to make sure that everything is covered so he/she can't get into it again. We have a golden wrasse and at first we had her in a smaller biocube and she would jump into the back of it constantly. Now, we have her in our 210 gallon tank, and she tries to jump out of it daily. Luckily we have the entire top of it sealed so she can't commit fish suicide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 We siphoned a little water out of the overflow and Robin caught the chromi in seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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