green carpet eating my fish

[JOHNNY O.]

Anyone have any experience forcing a carpet to move. It's starting to eat may fish. I have had it for 3 years and never had this problem it has it self mounted to a large piece of live rock at the bottom of my tank and is under the sand bed. I would like to move it to my basement tank but i can't dig it out and would rather not remove all the rock to get to it could I cover it with something to force a move? And yes it is well fed...

 

[JCheung]

scalpel/ razor it while it's still in the tank. you can use the razor to slowly chip away at the rock supporting the carpet.

 

[jango]

IMO I would try to crowed it out. After 3 years it most likely has it's foot well attatched to the bottom glass under your sand and rock work.


Have you seen it eat a fish? It's really cool to watch but you have to be in the right place at the right time...

Good luck. I know Yanni has removed a very large one you could try to pm him.

 

[JOHNNY O.]

Have you seen it eat a fish

IMO I would try to crowed it out. After 3 years it most likely has it's foot well attatched to the bottom glass under your sand and rock work.


Have you seen it eat a fish? It's really cool to watch but you have to be in the right place at the right time...

Good luck. I know Yanni has removed a very large one you could try to pm him.

Yes and no I seen the tail of my Wrasse and I wasn't to happy I am all so missing a goby,cleaner shrimp and possibly my mandarin. before the wrasse I was checking every Little thing and couldn't find a reason for me losing or missing all my happy critters. after having it for so long never even considered it... well it is what it is.

 

[deuceb]

possibly aim your power head at it or maybe use ice cubes they melt fast but it has worked

 

[~Flighty~]

Try almost completely shading it with just a bit still in the light in the direction you want it to move. put something removable for it to attach to in its path and be patient. it can take a few weeks.

 

[JOHNNY O.]

Thank you all for the advice I will try them all.