netting fish

VoodooChld · 03-23-2006, 10:22 AM

It is impossible to catch a fish in my tank with all the live rock. I think you all may feel simularly. I was wondering what methods you guys use. do you use traps? if so what kind or can you make your own. I have seen a couple of traps for sale buth they want 30 bucks for a jar with a funel top and I dont know if it will even work. thanks

Dragon Wrasse · 03-23-2006, 10:27 AM

Try puting some food in a net and letting your fish feed a few times out of your net, it will only take a couple of times until they are used to it, then you can put the scoop on the fish your trying to catch.

blue_eyes53813 · 03-23-2006, 12:42 PM

I use a trap. They are expensive and very well worth it. When I moved and had to catch about 20 fish it was almost effortless..... The trick is to not feed them for a few days. Bait the trap with food and use something long with a handle to shut the trap door. If you try shutting it with your hands they are gone as soon as they see your hand... I would shoot food in the tunnel with a turkey baster and shut the door with the tip of the baster as well. Very very slick.

cracker · 03-23-2006, 01:26 PM

I just trapped a fish ! I built a plain ole box trap out of acrylic scraps. I had to make a few changes in design and it took a while to get the fish used to it but it worked! I kinda copied a trap I saw here. Miss Woodstock posted a good pict somewhere.The acrylic was easiest to work with but I think any larger clear plastic container would work. The trick is to design a trap door that will close quickly and to keep the food in the trap.so the fish have to enter it. Again it takes a while for the fish to get used to the trap. And I bet the fish you want is the last one to enter it! What type of problem fish are you wanting out? Also draining the tank works well and I understand most corals will be ok if exposed for a short while.

VoodooChld · 03-27-2006, 10:40 PM

I have some fish that came from the bay and I want to get them out of my refugium and get them into the main tank where my scorpion can get them.

03-23-2006, 10:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
VoodooChld Fire Coral Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: next to tampa bay Posts: 82 View Gallery Karma Komment	netting fish It is impossible to catch a fish in my tank with all the live rock. I think you all may feel simularly. I was wondering what methods you guys use. do you use traps? if so what kind or can you make your own. I have seen a couple of traps for sale buth they want 30 bucks for a jar with a funel top and I dont know if it will even work. thanks __________________ -peace "And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land." -Mark Twain

03-23-2006, 10:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dragon Wrasse Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 991 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: netting fish Try puting some food in a net and letting your fish feed a few times out of your net, it will only take a couple of times until they are used to it, then you can put the scoop on the fish your trying to catch. __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* "A wise man learns more from a foolish question, then a fool learns from a wise answer" - Bruce Lee _____________________________ 75 gal SeaClear II Reef Tank (softy tank) - Coralife 125 Super Skimmer - Little Giant 2-MDQX-SC - Angstrom 2537 UV 15W - HOB Refugium - Eheim Pro 2228 - Red Sea Wave Maker w/Maxi-Jet 600 (X4) - 100 lbs Live Sand (DSB) - 100 lbs Live Rock - 260W PC lighting - 470nm lunar lights (X15) - AquaController II Custom 75 gal Starphire glass tank (SPS/LPS tank) - Custom 24 gal Refugium - Tuzne Wave box - JBJ Chiller - 390W PC lighting - 175W MH (X2) - Knop Cal. Reactor - AquaController 3 Pro - Aqua C Skimmer - Phosban Reactor - 18W Turbo-twist UV sterilizer - Sump - Sony Computer 5 gal Nano Hospital Tank - Eheim 2213 - Red Sea Prizm Skimmer - Live sand - Live Rock - Built in Refugium - 36W PC lighting

03-23-2006, 12:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 6,937 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: netting fish I use a trap. They are expensive and very well worth it. When I moved and had to catch about 20 fish it was almost effortless..... The trick is to not feed them for a few days. Bait the trap with food and use something long with a handle to shut the trap door. If you try shutting it with your hands they are gone as soon as they see your hand... I would shoot food in the tunnel with a turkey baster and shut the door with the tip of the baster as well. Very very slick. __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

03-23-2006, 01:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
cracker Acropora Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: North East Florida Posts: 1,785 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: netting fish I just trapped a fish ! I built a plain ole box trap out of acrylic scraps. I had to make a few changes in design and it took a while to get the fish used to it but it worked! I kinda copied a trap I saw here. Miss Woodstock posted a good pict somewhere.The acrylic was easiest to work with but I think any larger clear plastic container would work. The trick is to design a trap door that will close quickly and to keep the food in the trap.so the fish have to enter it. Again it takes a while for the fish to get used to the trap. And I bet the fish you want is the last one to enter it! What type of problem fish are you wanting out? Also draining the tank works well and I understand most corals will be ok if exposed for a short while.

03-27-2006, 10:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
VoodooChld Fire Coral Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: next to tampa bay Posts: 82 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: netting fish I have some fish that came from the bay and I want to get them out of my refugium and get them into the main tank where my scorpion can get them. __________________ -peace "And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land." -Mark Twain

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