Removed those DAMsels in 5 minutes

[litlfisher]

I tried the 2 liter bottle with the inverted neck. Then the fish
hook (no one saw me :wink: ). I had 2 damsels. The electric
blue was pretty agressive. This trick worked very well.
The net is a 5 gal. paint strainer. The rim I cut from 1/4" plastic
that I had laying around. Dims. are 6" x 15" outside, then 1/2"
over to inside. Then tied fishing line to other side of the room.
This way I could get close to the tank for baiting. The first one
I caught using brine shrimp squirting over net with a turkey baster.
The second one was a little full from my other attempts. So I just
squirted bubbles over the net using the baster. These guys are
really curious. Got'em

Ooops.....there's that out of focus camera again

 

[ebosshard]

One of my big problems (should have cycled with cocktail shrimp and not damsels as I was told).

So the fishing line tightens the net or lifts the net?

Did you leave the net in there for a while for eveyone to get comfortable with it there?

 

[litlfisher]

The net has a small rock in it to hold it tight. Then it is suspended
by tying the fishing line to four corners of the plastic rim, then to
an object in the room on the other end. Now lure them over the
net with food. (or bubbles in my case) Have one hand on the
line and wait till they pass over it. In my case, when I pulled
the line to raise the net, the fish swam down. It was a piece of
cake. The net cost about $3 for a pack of two at the hardware
store. I use them to hold carbon.

I agree I should not have used them either. However they were
alot easier to remove than the mantis shrimp that hitch hiked
into my tank. I had to remove all of my rock.

Goodluck

 

[ebosshard]

thanks and congrats again
will be trying mine soon!

 

[nanocat]

Way to go. That's a great fish trap

 

[paats]

I`ve been debating breaking down a tank to get 6 Damsels out of there and dreading it.Thanks for the tip,I`ll try this first.

 

[Johnthereefer]

Great idea! Especially the $3 paint strainer for carbon use. no more expensive "filter bags"

 

[nanocat]

Women's knee high hose work great as carbon bags and cheap too.

 

[litlfisher]

What do knee highs cost$