Fish in Overflow

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by Murminator

I just pulled the pipe off the bulkhead and let the whole overflow drain into the sump and fished him outta there

This was going to be my next step if I couldn't net the fish from the bottom but I was concerned that A: a lot of the water would end up on the floor as my sump sits just under the edge of the bottom holes and B: the fish wouldn't go with the water and end up high and dry on the bottom of my over flow until I could push him down the hole.