Anybody got a clue how to solve this problem?

This is a gem.

My sump is in the garage in a cupboard (i.e. cramped and fairly inaccessible - you can lean over it but it isn't easy).

In the sump (at the back) is a DSB approx 8 inches wide 24 inches long with 6 inches of sand covered by an inch and a half of water.

In the DSB are a few bits of live rock (some with polyps) and four mangroves and some algae growing over the sand. The sump is lit.

About a month ago I noticed a six lined wrasse had gone missing, on Sunday I found it living in the DSB. How it got there is a mystery.

I've tried to net it but there isn't a lot of room to manoeuvre and when I get close the wrasse simply swims round the back of a mangrove. The wrasse is fat so I guess it's feeding happily.

So, my question is:

1. Will leaving it there do any harm? Obviously the copepod population is reduced a bit. 2. I'll have to dig out the Mangroves and create havoc to be sure of netting the wrasse, will that cause more trouble than its worth? 3. Anybody got any other idea how to extract the wrasse?

Try this link to capture your wrasse - http://www.boyslife.org/workshop/minnows.pdf Thank again for the link provide from a user.

That's a sweet idea. It also works for yellow jackets.

Actually, it will work for any critter that is small enough to get through the hole.

CapFusion,...

leave him there I say,,,