mickd Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 hi all well this might be a dumb one to ask but ive got too many male endlers in my tank and for the love of me i can't catch the little buggers lol.any one got a easy way of doing it? or do i have to take every plant,rock etc out and do a full on ..... i will get you if its the last thing i do ive used 2 nets at a time,i even got a large tube and sat there waiting for them to come close and had a go at sucking them up please help this newbie mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneself Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Lights go off, lights come back on, fish are too amazed by sudden brightness for a minute or so to escape the net. Rinse and repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellows Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Use a tank divider or piece of glass/plastic and trap them in 1 little section then use a net to catch the 1's you want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaholic99 Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 If you don't care which ones you catch and only want to reduce the numbers then use a fish trap. Plastic bottle with some food inside will do. Add some string if you don't want to get your hands wet. If your after one fish in particular and really useless with a net then take everything out as this will be faster. And if your still having problems, drain most of the water out as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpini Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 This worked for me when I wanted to remove a single rainbow shark from a tank crowded with rocks, driftwood and plants. All lights off in the house for a few hours. Creep up quietly with a dull torch and search quickly for your target fish. Lights on and with your net go for the target. You only have a minute or so though, before they wake up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackayman Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Pillow case works too Brendan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xr6turbz11 Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Huge net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenz7 Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 I use coreflute tank dividers so I can slide it up the tank then have all the fish in a very small area...makes it a very simple job then to catch the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoilingPoint Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 Once again I'm with Aquaholic... The "food in a bottle" trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
