Best way to catch a fish?

ejordan · 02/24/2006, 08:40 PM

I recently noticed that my new blue tang has somehow caught ich. I did not have a quarantine tank at the time, so I had a nanocube overnighted so that I could isolate him as soon as possible.

Now that I have the nanocube, and its all ready for him, I can't seem to catch him in my normal tank! As soon as the net hits the water, he's gone behind the rocks in a flash.

Its driving me absolutely bonkers.

Anyone have any tips for catching fish?

Ti · 02/24/2006, 08:52 PM

find where it sleeps and nab it at night

ftnirishfan · 02/24/2006, 09:11 PM

hook line and sinker

mr pink floyd · 02/24/2006, 09:24 PM

whatever yo udo dont do what petco does, ZAP EM

otterpop510 · 02/24/2006, 09:39 PM

i used the jar method to catch a bunch of fish when i needed to rearrange my tanks. i took a snapple-like glass jar with a little wider opening and put it horizontally either on the rockwork or the sandbed depending on where the fish i wanted to catch hung out. sprayed some mysis shrimp in the jar.

didn't feed the fish for a couple days. within three days pretty much all the fish were trained to eat out of there. seemed that for a majority of the fish (with the exception of my pink-spotted shrimp goby), if they were inside eating and i walked over and put my hand in to upright the jar and take it out, the fish would lose sense of which way was out and i easily was able to take out fish.

for the goby, i had to tie a fishing line to the neck of the jar, and pull up that way for quicker 'uprighting' of jar.

worked for me with clowns, 6-line wrasse, blue tang, goby, damsels.. seemed much less stressful than the net method, and less slime/skin loss from the net too. however, my blue tang is still a juvenile, an adult may require a bigger opening jar/tube, maybe like a old skimmer/canister filter?

i thought it wouldn't work until i tried.. easiest way for me without messing up my tank..

donfishy76 · 02/24/2006, 10:09 PM

wow, gr8 thinking

otterpop510 · 02/24/2006, 10:50 PM

donfishy, saw the idea from another thread on rc, no use in reinventing the wheel.. though the fishing line was my improv when i was having a tough time with the goby (gobies have good sense of space!)

Salamander · 02/24/2006, 10:58 PM

Yellow panther martins for trout and purple worms for bass...

Try placing a net in the tank for a while when you feed to let it get used to it. THen one day after its comfortable with the net in the tank try to scoop'em up!

donfishy76 · 02/24/2006, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Try placing a net in the tank for a while when you feed to let it get used to it. THen one day after its comfortable with the net in the tank try to scoop'em up!

tried that with a flame hawk, i swear it was laughing at me the whole time

still havent caught it and its been 6 months

maybe i will try the glass bottle thing

NorthernCF · 02/24/2006, 11:15 PM

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Originally posted by mr pink floyd
whatever yo udo dont do what petco does, ZAP EM

Salamander · 02/24/2006, 11:16 PM

It worked for me catching my shrimp prior to a interceptor dose.

Maybe a hook and line might work....Hmmmm how much do you like this tang?

02/24/2006, 08:40 PM	#1
ejordan Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Aliso Viejo, CA Posts: 45	Best way to catch a fish? I recently noticed that my new blue tang has somehow caught ich. I did not have a quarantine tank at the time, so I had a nanocube overnighted so that I could isolate him as soon as possible. Now that I have the nanocube, and its all ready for him, I can't seem to catch him in my normal tank! As soon as the net hits the water, he's gone behind the rocks in a flash. Its driving me absolutely bonkers. Anyone have any tips for catching fish? __________________ - Eric Current Tank Info: 100 Gallon Reef Tank

02/24/2006, 08:52 PM	#2
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	find where it sleeps and nab it at night __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

02/24/2006, 09:39 PM	#5
otterpop510 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: oakland, ca Posts: 1,018	i used the jar method to catch a bunch of fish when i needed to rearrange my tanks. i took a snapple-like glass jar with a little wider opening and put it horizontally either on the rockwork or the sandbed depending on where the fish i wanted to catch hung out. sprayed some mysis shrimp in the jar. didn't feed the fish for a couple days. within three days pretty much all the fish were trained to eat out of there. seemed that for a majority of the fish (with the exception of my pink-spotted shrimp goby), if they were inside eating and i walked over and put my hand in to upright the jar and take it out, the fish would lose sense of which way was out and i easily was able to take out fish. for the goby, i had to tie a fishing line to the neck of the jar, and pull up that way for quicker 'uprighting' of jar. worked for me with clowns, 6-line wrasse, blue tang, goby, damsels.. seemed much less stressful than the net method, and less slime/skin loss from the net too. however, my blue tang is still a juvenile, an adult may require a bigger opening jar/tube, maybe like a old skimmer/canister filter? i thought it wouldn't work until i tried.. easiest way for me without messing up my tank.. __________________ huh? you mean those are not purple people eaters in my avatar? Current Tank Info: home: 75 gal reef, 18 gal planted discus; class: 20 gal reef and some goldfish which won't die..

02/24/2006, 10:50 PM	#7
otterpop510 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: oakland, ca Posts: 1,018	donfishy, saw the idea from another thread on rc, no use in reinventing the wheel.. though the fishing line was my improv when i was having a tough time with the goby (gobies have good sense of space!) __________________ huh? you mean those are not purple people eaters in my avatar? Current Tank Info: home: 75 gal reef, 18 gal planted discus; class: 20 gal reef and some goldfish which won't die..

02/24/2006, 10:58 PM	#8
Salamander Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 2,103	Yellow panther martins for trout and purple worms for bass... Try placing a net in the tank for a while when you feed to let it get used to it. THen one day after its comfortable with the net in the tank try to scoop'em up! __________________ I feel more like myself now than I did before. Current Tank Info: 120g mixed reef, 2 x 250W DE MH, 2 x 54w T5, MSX 200 SKimmer, 2 Koralia 4's, 40g fuge/sump, QT

02/24/2006, 09:11 PM	#3
ftnirishfan Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hainesport, NJ Posts: 249	hook line and sinker

02/24/2006, 09:24 PM	#4
mr pink floyd Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: west hartford, CT Posts: 3,480	whatever yo udo dont do what petco does, ZAP EM

02/24/2006, 10:09 PM	#6
donfishy76 Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 667	wow, gr8 thinking

02/24/2006, 11:16 PM	#11
Salamander Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 2,103	It worked for me catching my shrimp prior to a interceptor dose. Maybe a hook and line might work....Hmmmm how much do you like this tang? __________________ I feel more like myself now than I did before. Current Tank Info: 120g mixed reef, 2 x 250W DE MH, 2 x 54w T5, MSX 200 SKimmer, 2 Koralia 4's, 40g fuge/sump, QT