How the heck do you guys net your fish?

[ngose]

I've got 2 yellow tail damsels I need to get rid of. I've got a big net, but I can't seem to get em. Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[ostrow]

None at all. That's one of the big problems of cycling with fish...

 

[Great Lakes]

I know a guy who owns an LFS that has had a damsel in his curing tank for 14 years!! He can't ever catch it.

Good Luck!

GL

 

[Yano]

You will have a fun time trying to get them out, I had to do the same thing a few months ago. Try putting some brine shrimp or other fish 'treat' in the tank and have the net in the tank, when the fish comes tward the food scoop up. This worked for me, took a few times though. Good Luck

 

[leanne]

I net them at feeding time too. It's the only time I overfeed my fish. It's a case of giving them enough to keep their interest. If you put a whole cube of frozen brine shrimp in then they stay in one spot and don't dart everywhere. Not tried this for marine but it works for freshwater...

 

[EddieW]

Or try a Trap-Eeze. This worked for me getting some yo-yo loaches who dug themselves in well in a FW tank. Without the trap-eeze I would have had to strip out all of the rocks and plants to get them.

HTH, Eddie

 

[RamJet]

Trap-eeze, What is that?

 

[Dragonscales]

I've never had any probs catching my fish, longest was probably 2 mins at the very most trying to catch one, guess ya just gotta think like a fish and outsmart it. I have pretty fast reflexes too though which helps a bit I guess

 

[ngose]

Thanks guys!

 

[EddieW]

RamJet,

Trap-eze is a fish trap - works like a charm. You put food in a compartment at the back of the trap and have a string attached to a release. When the fish you want goes after the food pull the string to trap the fish and you can then lift the entire trap, including water, out of the tank. I've used one with great success in freshwater tanks.

See their web site for more info.

HTH, Eddie

 

[Stryker]

A tazar to the water usually works for me

 

[ade]

Stryker,

Using a tazer is cruel and unneccessary! I find that if you use a mains-powered electrical appliance, switch it on and drop it into the water, then the resulting lack of house lights also reduces the stress on the fish.

HTH!

 

[leanne]

Ade - did you get out of bed on the wrong side this morning??

 

[ade]

Getting out of bed at all is getting out on the wrong side!

 

[Dragonscales]

Ade - did you get out of bed on the wrong side this morning??

I think that someone who lives with ade used the "electrical appliance technique" to get em outta bed maybe lmao