Catching fish in a reef tank

Crit21 · 07/08/2006, 12:23 PM

Well, the barbless hook and line trick worked for the queen angel in about 30 seconds, but I had a more skittish fish that wouldn't go near it. An Internet search resulted in a poor-man's fish trap design. I cut the nipple off of a 2-liter bottle to create a hole large enough for the fish to go through. I then cut the entire top off the bottle, inverted it, and fastened it inside the large opening with a couple of twist ties. I put a rock inside as a weight and tied fish line to the twist tie. I added some food and put it in the bottom of the tank. It took a day before the target fish got hungry enough to go into the bottle, but when it started eating I pulled on the line and hoisted it out. WooHoo!

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racer69 · 07/08/2006, 08:11 PM

Sweet, there is more than one way to skin a cat (meoooow!).

Crit21 · 07/08/2006, 08:26 PM

And it was pretty much free.

07/08/2006, 12:23 PM	#1
Crit21 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1,429	Catching fish in a reef tank Well, the barbless hook and line trick worked for the queen angel in about 30 seconds, but I had a more skittish fish that wouldn't go near it. An Internet search resulted in a poor-man's fish trap design. I cut the nipple off of a 2-liter bottle to create a hole large enough for the fish to go through. I then cut the entire top off the bottle, inverted it, and fastened it inside the large opening with a couple of twist ties. I put a rock inside as a weight and tied fish line to the twist tie. I added some food and put it in the bottom of the tank. It took a day before the target fish got hungry enough to go into the bottle, but when it started eating I pulled on the line and hoisted it out. WooHoo! http://www.aquariumlife.net/projects/diy-aquarium-tools/31.asp

07/08/2006, 08:11 PM	#2
racer69 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pueblo, Colorado Posts: 1,446	Sweet, there is more than one way to skin a cat (meoooow!). __________________ Todd Its better to burn out than to fade away..... Current Tank Info: 180 gal Reef, w 50 gal sump 33 cube w/15 gal sump

07/08/2006, 08:26 PM	#3
Crit21 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1,429	And it was pretty much free.