How to catch fish in a planted tank?

[Jungle-mania]

as the title says, how do catch a fish in a planted tank without turning your tank into a 'salad'?

[XnSdVd]

Take a 1.5L bottle

Cut off the top part where it starts to taper

Now you should have a tall "cup" and a "funnel"

invert the "funnel" and place it into the "cup"

Now just put some food in your trap ,partially submerge it. And wait for your unfortunately stupid fish to swim in.

[mickthefish]

with great difficulty, haha.

[Jungle-mania]

I forsee great patience is going to be needed.

[planted86]

Take a 1.5L bottle

Cut off the top part where it starts to taper

Now you should have a tall "cup" and a "funnel"

invert the "funnel" and place it into the "cup"

Now just put some food in your trap ,partially submerge it. And wait for your unfortunately stupid fish to swim in.

what if its a fish like a juvenile discus??

[Jungle-mania]

Bigger bottle? Just kidding. I know where XNSDVD got his idea, it is a simple fish trap use to catch bait fish for fishing. You can use the same bottle, but you have to cut the neck of the bottle away and alittle bit more. Next, file the edges off, a nail file should be enough to file it off. Then wrap a small fine mesh around the opening of the moth. The mesh should be inside the trap not on the outside. This should be enough to fool the fish there is no exit. If you need an idea of how it looks like, go to a fishing shop and take a look at their fish trap.

[planted86]

ohh... lol... thats what i do when i was in camp to catch dunno is guppy or endler(correct spelling??)

[GaspingGurami]

I did this: Drain off as much as you can store, Up the CO2 count till all are gasping at the surface. Catch out the fish in question. Put back the water you siphoned, Increase suface agitation, run airstone if necessary. cut down CO2 to normal count.

Downside of this method: Shrimps die, but Gouramies tend to need much, much higher levels of CO2 to force them to the surface and at those levels, other fish are already on their way to their maker.

But other than patience, I find it the most effective of all the ways I've tried. to empty a tank of all livestock without destroying the planted setup.

Sidenote: (After you've scooped out all the livestock) Will plants do better with more CO2?.... I continued to add CO2 just for the heck of it, and I stopped measuring after 110ppm but continued to add CO2... Observation: Plants stop pearling when CO2 is too high. Some melt away after that episode and tougher ones display burns on the leaves.

Hope it helps, and happy fishing.

[XnSdVd]

I'd imagine it was the pH shock... 110ppm of CO2 is quite alot... pH would probably be in the 3.5 - 5 range...

[Jungle-mania]

Could the plants been burned because the PH level went too low from the CO2?

[XnSdVd]

yeah, that's what i meant.

[BFG]

Use 2 fish nets. One larger than the other. Place the larger one at a corner. Use the small fish net to herd the fish towards it. For 1st timer, it's better to leave the larger nets in the water for a day or 2 to let the fish familiarised with it.

[aqualover]

for me, the toughest fish to catch were my clown loaches

[lyh]

You can try the method people used to catch discus in the wild. Wait until the whole room is dark then suddenly switch on your tank lights. This will cause temporary blindness to them then scoop the fish out fast.

[XnSdVd]

So... how do you turn on the lights in the wild? *searches desperately for the sun-switch* don't wanna go to school tomorrow... grr... *search search*

Ok, seriously. Do they hunt discus with spotlights or something?

[lyh]

So... how do you turn on the lights in the wild? *searches desperately for the sun-switch* don't wanna go to school tomorrow... grr... *search search*

Ok, seriously. Do they hunt discus with spotlights or something?

Hi XnSdVd yup the people have spot lights mounted around the area which they think will have discus and will switch it on in the middle of the night then they will cast a big net. I can't remember reading from which book. Will search for the book when i'm more free.