Need to catch a very timid 5" hippo tang

[GEEGOBAL]

I have a 90 gallon FOWLER. My Hippo Tang (Dory) needs to come out as she is getting too big for the tank. She will be relocated to a 270 gallon tank in Middletown.

The question / problem is catching her. Unless I am approaching the tank with food - she darts in the rocks until the coast is clear. Although she is the biggest fish in the tank...she is the biggest sissy as well.

I did some research on line and do not think she will buy into the "fish trap" with food option. The only thing I can think of (and my tank could use it) is on my next water change remove the live rock from the tank (placed in plastic tubs with the 20 gallons SW I remove) and go in with a large net to catch her. Then I can relandscape my live rock like I have been wanting to do.

Any help from experience on this will be greatly appreciated.

 

[downbeach]

Where are you located? I have a trap that will work.

 

[GEEGOBAL]

Ouch...I am in Central Jersey - Monroe Township - 50 miles North of you.

 

[falconut]

I just had to pull all my LR out to catch fish. If you can do it and if you wanted to rework the rock, then that might be the easiest. A bottle trap did work for my wrasse tho.

 

[Cdiggy]

If they are like other tangs, I used a couple of algae covered rocks to weight the 2 liter bottle trap down. It did not take long before my kole tang could not resist the temptation of cleaning off the rock.