kjp Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Anyone have tips and tricks for catching fish from a planted aquarium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 I once put some Endlers in my heavily planted angelfish tank and I could never catch them all when it was time for them to go. Over time their breeding rate was faster than my catching rate. Eventually, I resorted to this: And once I had caught the last female, the problem was solved. Before I got the trap, I would net the fish out when they were sleeping and this worked up to a point, but I never could get all the fish. Also @Bill Smith in yet another clever invention he as posted on the forum came up with this inexpensive alternative. I bet this would work for larger fish if modified. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve and His Animals Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 It's always better in my experience to keep the net stationary along the bottom and gently guide the fish towards it with your free hand, works 90% of the time unless they figured out what you're trying to do, which I've experienced with a few select species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Two nets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonske Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 My tanks and most of the fish are small, so I do a lot of catching by hand. Works well for platies, guppies, gouramies, goldfish and other slow-ish and trusting fish. For fast swimmers that come to the surface, like danios, I use a transparent plastic container, they just swim right into it. Especially if a bit of floating food is added. Scoop, scoop, done. For small tetras and rasboras - a black net, second hand guidance, and a lot of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Hi @Daniel, where do you get the catcher that you have pictured? I might need something like that in the future for my rasboras as it was very hard to move them out of the quarantine tank and I shudder to think how long it would take to catch them in the main tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Maggie said: Hi @Daniel, where do you get the catcher that you have pictured? I might need something like that in the future for my rasboras as it was very hard to move them out of the quarantine tank and I shudder to think how long it would take to catch them in the main tank! I got mine from Memphis Net and Twine (as I type this I realize that this rhymes). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted November 18, 2020 Administrators Share Posted November 18, 2020 Here is the video I did on catching fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendlyLoach Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I can say this video is great. I caught 10 neon tetras out of a very densely planted (all I could reach with the net was 1/4 of the tank) aquarium in 5 minuets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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