Capturing a fish without tearing up the whole tank.

Subject: Capturing a fish without tearing up the whole tank. 3/26/2011, 1:46 am

Surely someone has a fool proof way short of draining a tank till there is no escape for netting a fish.
I've got 5 juvie Angels in a tank with 4 serpae's that are making life miserable for the angels... AND, it's a well planted tank.. I've tried sneaking up on them in the wee hours of the day, at first light and nothing has allowed me to snag these sob's without wreaking havoc within the environment... A big dose of Quaaludes?..

Have you tried using two nets and getting on both ends of them? Or you can take a piece of acrylic and section off a portion of the tank and they will have less room to move around, hopefully making it easier for you to grab the little buggers.

Yea.. the two nets are tomorrows solution. but it will still tear up the tank.. oh well. ... bite the bullet and the plants will grow back...

Go to Youtube and type in "fishtrap", neat ideas and fun to watch.

these traps work everytime.

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I have found the two net solution works great !

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here is a trick i use with my fish, i hold a mirror up to the aquarium, and the fish becomes captivated with the other fish(actually himself ) and i net them from behind quite easily Works with aggressive fish really well

Deadred wrote:

here is a trick i use with my fish, i hold a mirror up to the aquarium, and the fish becomes captivated with the other fish(actually himself ) and i net them from behind quite easily Works with aggressive fish really well

Haha! That is a great idea I almost want to try it just to watch them now lol!

I pretty much always use two nets to speed things up. Although at times I wish I have one of those traps... Luckily I don't have to move the fish very often!

lol you guys like doing things the hard way... by a trap you wont even get your hands wet:)

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180 gallon mixed reef SPS dominant 75 gallon sump/fuge.
40 gallon anemone/softy tank 20 gallon sump/fuge.
Red sea max 250 Seahorse tank.
Silence is Golden but Duct tape is Silver.....
Having a saltwater tank without coral is like the Hells angels riding Mopeds*************************************
"The road to success is always under construction."

well CW.. ya gotta tell me about this trap!... These fish are atop my workdesk,,,no access to the back of the tank (29Bow), alongside my monitor.. so it's great viewing but sucks when ya need to work on it.... plus... the tank has a brace across the middle! cursing

Here is one I found.Price is a little high but I am sure there would be others out there for less

LINK

here's where I bought mine...
http://coralnuggets.com/product_info.php?products_id=272

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180 gallon mixed reef SPS dominant 75 gallon sump/fuge.
40 gallon anemone/softy tank 20 gallon sump/fuge.
Red sea max 250 Seahorse tank.
Silence is Golden but Duct tape is Silver.....
Having a saltwater tank without coral is like the Hells angels riding Mopeds*************************************
"The road to success is always under construction."

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