My fish are just plain DUMB!

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by naesco

Nope! But it takes patience and can be done.

Shut the pumps off and remove most of the water in the overflow.
Use a small net. And very slooooooooooowly position the net near the fish and use a thin long kitchen knife to kind of push the fish in the net.
You will probably have to form the net to get around the pipes but you CAN do it.
It makes you feel really good when you save it.

+1

I have had many fish go into my overflow, I've always been able to fish them out with a small net.