Catching small fish

dogtoothcichlid FORUM BEGINNER Posts: 10	Catching small fish Apr 16, 2009 13:41:51 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dogtoothcichlid on Apr 16, 2009 13:41:51 GMT -6 I've had a lot of trouble catching mbunas in a net and came across this method which seems to be very effective. www.cichlidae.com/article.php?id=372 Has anyone tried it?

jon carman Administrator http://www.riftfish.com Posts: 4,195	Catching small fish Apr 28, 2009 12:09:10 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jon carman on Apr 28, 2009 12:09:10 GMT -6 Have you tried it yet? I think it would work great if you had a couple of fish that were smaller than the rest, while the bigger ones being to large to enter the hole.
	Jon Carman www.africancichlids.co African Cichlids

angel FORUM BEGINNER My Husband's A Birdbrain Posts: 40	Catching small fish Apr 28, 2009 12:13:18 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by angel on Apr 28, 2009 12:13:18 GMT -6 Question: What stops them from swimming back out the same hole they swam into?

dogtoothcichlid FORUM BEGINNER Posts: 10	Catching small fish May 14, 2009 12:09:36 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dogtoothcichlid on May 14, 2009 12:09:36 GMT -6 I tried the technique while trying to catch a zebra danio dither fish in my mbuna tank. No success after 45 minutes, so I removed it & used 2 nets successfully. I will try it again in the future & post my results.

jon carman Administrator http://www.riftfish.com Posts: 4,195	Catching small fish May 14, 2009 13:00:34 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jon carman on May 14, 2009 13:00:34 GMT -6 Sounds good- keep us posted.
	Jon Carman www.africancichlids.co African Cichlids

jon carman: If you are coming saturday, start list here of what food/ fish you are bringing, and what fish/ drygoods etc. you are looking to possibly buy. May 14, 2013 12:15:19 GMT -6

eyebedam: I'm def gonna try my best to make it... I'd like to find nice EBJD, female red terror,flowerhorn or red spotted blood red severum May 14, 2013 21:30:57 GMT -6

jon carman: I checked, I can get several types of flowerhorns, red spotted severum, EBJD, and red terrors, but will not have them by this weekem May 15, 2013 13:29:13 GMT -6

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