How to catch fish in a rocky reef tank WITHOUT a fish trap

[Gripenfelter]

Originally Posted by Dr_Hicks

Very cool; I also cannot get close to my fish with a net lol

I thought this was a trick question, I was going to answer with mysis shrimp on a small hook !

Leave the net in your tank for at least 24 hrs.

I even put pellets in it. The Niger will happily go peck it out. The Lavender is very fast though. Does a fly by, grabs some seaweed and bolts. I'll have to wait a couple more days for him.

[Dr_Hicks]

Originally Posted by Gripenfelter

Leave the net in your tank for at least 24 hrs.

I even put pellets in it. The Niger will happily go peck it out. The Lavender is very fast though. Does a fly by, grabs some seaweed and bolts. I'll have to wait a couple more days for him.

I am going to try this out, it will be good to get them conditioned to not fear the net.

Thanks mate :-)

[Lampshade]

I have an old net i did something some what similar to, I put my frozen fish food in the net for a couple weeks every time I fed them, they'd pic the food from the net. By the end of it they all swam into the net every time i put it in, made it easy. took a couple weeks though for them to get used it it.