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Subject: 55949
Posted: April 25 2012 at 11:31am

Thanks for the mirror idea. 

Almost forgot, Size of the bottle is relative to the size of the fish. In this case a water bottle would probably work, but for larger fish we would use a 2 L pop bottle and cut off the neck just far enough so the fish would be able to go in. It's kind of remarkable how they have trouble finding their way back out and eventually just sit there as though they are waiting to be released.


Edited by Mark Peterson - April 25 2012 at 11:35am]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:31:18 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463295&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463295 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463241&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463241 Author: faith=fear
Subject: 55949
Posted: April 24 2012 at 10:04pm

also put a small mirror in the bottom.  the fish can't stand seeing another and has to go in an investigate.  worked great to get my 6-line out.]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:04:17 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463241&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463241 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463235&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463235 Author: utahwatertoys
Subject: 55949
Posted: April 24 2012 at 9:27pm

Thank you I will try the pop bottle idea. What size of pop bottle?

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:27:35 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463235&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463235 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463154&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463154 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 55949
Posted: April 24 2012 at 10:36am

The coral should recover.
Engineer Gobies are interesting but a real hassle.
The Pop Bottle Fish Trap works just as well on them as it does on any fish. I use fishing line in three places to tack the two pieces together with a long length of fishing line to make it easy to lift up from the bottom.
Place a rock inside to keep it on the bottom. Place in it a solid piece of food and put it in position at night. By morning there will be fish inside, though it may take up to a week for them to get used to it's presence in the tank.


]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:36:07 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463154&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463154 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463065&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463065 Author: SkylerS
Subject: 55949
Posted: April 23 2012 at 6:30pm

HA!  Good luck.  I have an engineer goby and he's got plenty of caves to move between.  I can't think of any way to get one out of a tank besides tearing it down.  As a rule, I try to keep all my coral above and away from the engineer's caves.  And as for tissue damage, do you have a photo?  I have a hard time seeing a candy cane receiving tissue damage merely from having sand dumped on it.  One time I was moving some things around and I brushed a head of my candy cane against a rock, hard!  It was pissed for a couple weeks but recovered just fine.  If the tissue is receded, that does not mean it is damaged, just mad that it got sand dumped on it.  I'd advise moving the candy cane to another location versus tearing apart your tank to take out 1 fish, more than likely damaging other coral in the process.  ]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:30:39 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463065&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463065 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463003&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463003 Author: utahwatertoys
Subject: 55949
Posted: April 23 2012 at 1:08pm

I have a candycane colony that my engineer goby spit a bunch of sand on them this morning and now they have tissue damage. Is there anything that can be done like a coral dip or something to save them? They have pin-holes here and there on the heads.

Anybody know a good way to remove an engineer goby without removing the rocks?




Edited by utahwatertoys - April 23 2012 at 1:09pm]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:08:50 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55949&PID=463003&title=candycane-tissue-damage#463003