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    Posted: October 04 2015 at 3:14pm
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How can I safely get 2 Blue/Green Chromis out of my 180 gallon Reef tank without removing any live rock
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Dart gun, fishing line and hook. Fish trap if you can get really lucky. I'm sure others will chime in with some great ideas. I unfortunately had to wait until I tore my tank down to move it to catch some unwanted fish and crab.
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Chromis (and any relatives) are fast fish. And will actively sleep/take shelter in rock or in my case sps colonies. I've just resigned myself to the fact that my group of 8 chromis is there to stay haha. If you aren't removing rock I'm stumped on this one.
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I really need these bastards out of my tank !! They are picking on my green spotted goby and pretty much made another fish blind in one eye..
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You are welcome to try with a fish trap although it'll be damn hard if not impossible. It's a ton of waiting and hoping they go in.
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"How can I safely get 2 Blue/Green Chromis out of my 180 gallon Reef tank without removing any live rock ?"

We've all been there. Take it all out. It will give you a chance to re aquascape!
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Ive had success not feeding for a few days and then using a very large net with food it. Its a waiting game and you have to e fast. Im going to bet that youll probably have to tear it all apart to get them:(
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<---- Hates Chromis species for this reason. I understand they're closely related to damselfish, which have a serious attitude in most tanks! I guess damselfish in general, minus many clowns.

I've had the little blue b*^&ards in my tank before and I swore I would never have them again. They were supposed to "school" but ended up acting like little mafia members. If I added a few Chromis, the existing Chromis "mafia" members would pretty much kill them one by one.
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