How Do You Catch

[Tortea]

How do you catch zebra danios,

In a heavily planted tank, with a net. PLEASE HELP. I think it is impossible, do i make some sort of fish trap?

 

[Truck]

drain the tank down to about 10% water and it will be a lot easier, try a bigger net too.

 

[SBL]

Take the lid off the tank. Put food in and then lunge and release other fish and remove Danios. May take you a few day though. Trucks idea is good too.

 

[jess6905]

definitely lower the water level as previously mentioned. a bigger net helps a lot too. If you have a tank divider you could corral them into a smaller space where you don't have plants. removing most of the plants might also help, but them you have to put them all back after. good luck!

 

[OohFeeshy]

Two big nets, lure with food, just grab whatever comes near and remove the non-danios later.

 

[Tortea]

I can;t remove over 200l of water just to catch them, will try the food idea though.

 

[jess6905]

yeah big nets and food are your best bet....

 

[Big_eyes]

With any quick fish it takes patience!

Either put the net in the water and then throw food in and wait for them to come to get it or get 2 nets and trap them in them tha way.

 

[hughessomefish]

my friend and i had to catch one and honestly it took 2 hours,and it was just luck it took 3 nets and the funny thing was it was a ten gallon

 

[drobbyb]

Work in a LFS for a while and you will get enough skill to catch it I always liked the person that comes in and points to one neon out of a whole tank of them and says, "I want that one!"

 

[hughessomefish]

Im that kid haha

 

[GAB99]

i do that to but i do it so i can get the healthiest looking fish, but since im a big pushover if they catch the wrong i go whatever, good thing their accurate

it took me ten minutes to cath a ghost shrimp but 5 to catch my gold barbs teehee

 

[mr130gallon]

i had to take out all my stuff to catch 4 rosy barbs and a oddessa barb, and i missed one,

try having support bars that cover half the top of your tank, and a 16 cubic foot tank where they can go, plus plants, and one net, all the water in it, and a smallish net, and no patience whatsoever

 

[Tortea]

i had to take out all my stuff to catch 4 rosy barbs and a oddessa barb, and i missed one,

try having support bars that cover half the top of your tank, and a 16 cubic foot tank where they can go, plus plants, and one net, all the water in it, and a smallish net, and no patience whatsoever

^me

 

[Knox213]

Work in a LFS for a while and you will get enough skill to catch it I always liked the person that comes in and points to one neon out of a whole tank of them and says, "I want that one!"

Aha mate i laughed at that.

i made a guy chase a black guppy out for me

He was lituly screaming because he could'nt catch it!

Ahh that was extremely funny.

and theni told him iwanted a yellow guppy and just as he caught it i said Oh wait... that blue ones nice! then he gave me some dirty evils i was like woops.