ideas for small fish trap

[brian1973]

I am looking for ideas to trap 1/4" fry to move them from the current tank to a growout tank. Netting them is just a PITA and makes a mess.

 

[Whiskers]

try a shop vac brian or you can talk'm in to just giving up. lmao sorry i couldn't help it.

is it possible to put small tube, that the bigger fish cant get into, with a little food in it so when they go in you can cap it and move them out. only other thought is get net as wide as tank and trap them or maybe plexiglass as wide as tank cornering them to one side so they are easier to get. i've never tried to catch fry so im only guessing as to what to try. good luck i'm sure they are fast.

 

[brian1973]

Yea I eas thinking of trying a 20ounce coke bottle but they would probably find there way out.

 

[emmanuelchavez]

cut the bottle in half, invert the top half. You may want to leave the cap on with a hole just big enough for the fry. Once they find their way in, they typically don't find their way out. I'm using that trap at the moment to get some of my cherry shrimp!

I'll be heading to the LFS today to get some store credit for a bunch... apparently $1/shrimp in store credit.... I have hundreds! Maybe this is how I'll save up for my SW tank . Sorry for hi-jacking. haha.

 

[Whiskers]

thats great eman. sounds like you will have a really nice sw tank hahahaha. kind of like the old fly trap where they go in but don't come out. i wondered if that would work for fish.