How to catch a fish?

texanangel

texanangel

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Okay, since this is a new board: Hi! I'm new, and so far I love this place! Alright, on to business. I am trying to help a friend catch 3 pajama cardinals, she's trying to move them to a bigger tank. Also, she has a green clown goby in her largest DT and her lawnmower blenny is giving it heck, so how can we catch that poor thing and move it to her 30 gal nano? We tried for an hour or so, with a really big net and got nowhere. The pjs and goby are in different tanks (I really envy her, but I've got four freshwater tanks, so I shouldn't gripe). My tank just has a lawnmower blenny and a royal gramma, and I haven't needed to catch either one. Also, is the blenny's behavior towards the goby normal? I want to get a yellow clown goby (as I love anything called a goby or blenny, have you ever seen a freshwater bumblebee goby? So cute!) but I don't want my blenny to chase it.
 
rbaldino

rbaldino

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I had to catch a fish just yesterday, and since I didn't want to tear the tank down to do it, I tried something a little different. I have one of those clear plastic fish containers you can get that hang on the edge of the aquarium. I put the container in the aquarium, added a bit of food, waited for the fish to get close to the container, then surprised him by scopping him up. This took a few tries, but it worked. The key was getting a piece of food to actually float into the container, luring the fish in.
As for gobies and blennies. Fish like that tend to be aggressive towards other fish they see as competition. Since the two types basically live in the same part of the tank and do the same sorts of things, one is bound to feel threatened by the other's presence and will probably try to do something about it.
 
joe 09

joe 09

Member
there is a fish trap,that works good.it has a sliding door that you release.the problem is to get the fish in the trap.
 
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