Phillip Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Does anyone have any tricks for getting a bristlenose pleco out of a planted tank?? I have a male in one tank and a female in another. I’d like to pull them and put in a breeder tank, but I can’t catch them!! At this point it’s almost easier to get 2 new ones for the breeder tank lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 I use a med or large coop net. I slowly chase them with it through the plants until they are in a front corner. Then catty corner them with the net in the corner until they are on the front glass and smoosh the net to the glass. Moving the net in a circular motion they dart away into the mesh. I have also chased them into a cave or clear glass(always afraid I will someday break they glass though). Then lift cave/ glass fish and water out with my hand over the opening. Hope that helps. They are FAST💨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 8:07 AM, Guppysnail said: I use a med or large coop net. I slowly chase them with it through the plants until they are in a front corner. Then catty corner them with the net in the corner until they are on the front glass and smoosh the net to the glass. Moving the net in a circular motion they dart away into the mesh. I have also chased them into a cave or clear glass(always afraid I will someday break they glass though). Then lift cave/ glass fish and water out with my hand over the opening. Hope that helps. They are FAST💨 They are fast. I’ve been trying for a couple day to catch them lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 I also sometimes wait with the lid open net sitting inside the tank around sundown they come to the front glass and I sneak attack ninja style 🥷 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 2 nets, hold one still, and use the other to chase it into the other net. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Take out all the decor they’ll hide behind - heaters, wood, stones etc and use the 2 net techniques you can put food you know they’ll go for in the net that worked for me 2 x before they figured it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 9:41 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: Take out all the decor they’ll hide behind - heaters, wood, stones etc and use the 2 net techniques you can put food you know they’ll go for in the net that worked for me 2 x before they figured it out. I’m going to give a shot this afternoon and see if I can get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrencher_Scott Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 8:05 AM, Phillip said: I’m going to give a shot this afternoon and see if I can get them. ah just get a new one. 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 7:26 AM, lefty o said: 2 nets, hold one still, and use the other to chase it into the other net. the fish, especially bottom feeders are very skiddish. I highly recommend anyone who is netting fish to follow the co-op method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 1:27 PM, nabokovfan87 said: the fish, especially bottom feeders are very skiddish. I highly recommend anyone who is netting fish to follow the co-op method. Awesome video, thanks! Is should’ve known Cory had a video. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Glad to be of help, best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 3:26 PM, nabokovfan87 said: Glad to be of help, best of luck! It worked! And it was so easy! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Beautiful pleco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 Thanks for the help everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Gorgeous boy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 B E A utiful fish! For future reference, my male hangs in his cave all day. I just reach in and move the cave. Female on the other hand, totally different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 4/8/2022 at 11:12 PM, Ken Burke said: B E A utiful fish! For future reference, my male hangs in his cave all day. I just reach in and move the cave. Female on the other hand, totally different That’s funny , mine are the exact opposite! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Mine are easy. They get some freeze-dried tubifex worms every afternoon around four pressed on the right front glass of the tanks. They start lining up and I can handpick them as I'm putting on the worm cubes. They are singularly focused on the worms and nothing else. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 4/9/2022 at 8:00 AM, gardenman said: Mine are easy. They get some freeze-dried tubifex worms every afternoon around four pressed on the right front glass of the tanks. They start lining up and I can handpick them as I'm putting on the worm cubes. They are singularly focused on the worms and nothing else. Too kewl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 On 4/9/2022 at 9:04 AM, Ken Burke said: Too kewl! Yeah, getting your fish into certain habits can be very handy when it comes to catching them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 Update: Thanks for the help! We have babies! 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazalanche Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 5/3/2022 at 1:02 PM, Phillip said: Update: Thanks for the help! We have babies! LOL That's awesome. Woot woot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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