the aquarium in CI has a Yellow Goatfish that somehow got a metal ring around it's neck! I've been trying to suggest ways to get it off, but they cant catch the darn thing. Help please before it gets even more embedded
help my friend the Goatfish
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i suggested that but its in a communtity reef and theyre worried that enough to sedate the goatfish can kill the small damsels/hogfish
Sedate it after taking it out of the tank. Remove the ring down toward the tail otherwise you will more than likely rip the fishest head off.
as a last resort, sedate the tank just enough to slow reactions so you can catch it. While this definitely be my first choice, it would work as a last resort.
its a HUGE tank about 40 feet long and 20 across and 10 deep with lots of big fake coral heads. also includes demoiselles, morays, snapper, goatfish, angelfish, butterfly fish, jacks, hogfish, and more. it would be very hard to catch him
if its a metal ring, then put a magnet in the tank and see if the fish swims near the magnet and get attached!
barrakooda;2386301; said:
thats exactly what i was thinking...
or if it comes out at feeding time have a net on the bottom and have food above it and just get all the fish in the net and sift through them till you get the right one...
BUMP c'mon guys...Goatfish are extremely fast so its almost impossible to net especially underwater where its hard to swing a net with any force...