ICH ATTACK, 300 gallon reef. Best way to catch small fast fish.

[VFX_Reef_Peacekeeper]

I wanted to ask your advice or any tips you may have. My reef has had ich. It killed a bunch of fish in just over a month, then I left the tank with a couple of immune fish for 2 months ( As they were impossible to catch). Well, the immune fish still carried ich and the new fish I added caught ich within days and that was after 6 weeks of quarantine with copper. So now I have to make sure I have caught every single fish to leave the tank fallow for another 8 weeks. I'm planning on quickly draining the tank into tubs catching the fish in very low water and quickly filling up the tank again. Any other ideas?

 

[HotRocks]

I wanted to ask your advice or any tips you may have. My reef has had ich. It killed a bunch of fish in just over a month, then I left the tank with a couple of immune fish for 2 months ( As they were impossible to catch). Well, the immune fish still carried ich and the new fish I added caught ich within days and that was after 6 weeks of quarantine with copper. So now I have to make sure I have caught every single fish to leave the tank fallow for another 8 weeks. I'm planning on quickly draining the tank into tubs catching the fish in very low water and quickly filling up the tank again. Any other ideas?

That is the quickest easiest way. Only other thing I know of is a fish trap, but can take some serious time.

 

[VFX_Reef_Peacekeeper]

That is the quickest easiest way. Only other thing I know of is a fish trap, but can take some serious time.

Yeah. The fish trap just won't work on certain fish. That's my main issue. Arghh. This sucks.

 

[VFX_Reef_Peacekeeper]

Did it!! Emptied the tank completely. Caught all but 2 fish. A small Kole Tang and a Watchman Gobi. Now for plan c

 

[nycfishy]

Did you get the last two? I've got a single damsel left that I can't catch in a 100 gallon so I can start fallow period so curious how it worked out for you

 

[VFX_Reef_Peacekeeper]

Did you get the last two? I've got a single damsel left that I can't catch in a 100 gallon so I can start fallow period so curious how it worked out for you

Had to drain it again. To get the last two. Even had to remove rockwork. **** job. Glad I did it.