Ideas for catching a dotty?

by **blenny** » Tue Mar 07, 2017 3:14 am

I have a dottyback that is not suitable for this tank, it's being aggressive so I need to move it but I have no idea how to catch it. I never knew what fast little things dottys are! Any ideas?

by **kate_kuhli** » Sat Mar 11, 2017 4:21 pm

I think it's probably virtually impossible to catch a dottyback with a net in a tank full of water and rocks to hide in. Have you tried a trap yet? Look up bottle traps if you haven't already, a lot of people catch hard to get fish this way.

by **nea7** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 5:07 pm

Yes, the bottle trap works well. You might need to bait it, though. Mysis is a good bait to use.

by **saratang** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:31 pm

by **blenny** » Sun Mar 12, 2017 11:58 pm

Thanks, I'll try the bottle trap. It sounds promising.

Does it take awhile for them to trust the trap before they go into it - is that why it might take several days to really catch it?

by **saratang** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:06 am

by **blenny** » Sun Mar 26, 2017 3:31 am

Yeah so the trap didn't work. I guess I'll try a new type of bait then. What did you have in mind, Saratang?

Ideas for catching a dotty?

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