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for smaller fishes i use a large ploastic cup, so that the net can't damage them, or stress them out too much, is this a good way of moveing fish, also the fish is never out of water, like with a net.

I find using a cup to hunt down a fish is rather stressful on both the fish and me. Nets just flow thru the water faster and better .
What I do when netting is to have a cup and or the bag handy...sometimes already in the tank. Once I have the fish netted I place them in the transport container without removing them from the water.

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I've caught a couple fish with a cup and found that it was a huge pain in the butt. I'd use a net under almost every circumstance...

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doesn't a net like harm the fish slime? when the fish is moved out of water, also maybe it is just me, but my fish come to the top for a feed, but when i am not feeding and just doing a water change with a cup i always get one or two in the cup.

I've used a cup before, but it was to catch things like my pleco who had outgrown everything else I had to catch him withFor the smaller fish, you could go insane trying to catch them all with a net...

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

I wish you luck with the cup, but I about went insane when it was all I had. I would still use a net. I don't think my quick usage of a net will hurt or kill any of my fish, especially since it never has...

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Any fish I don't catch with a net I catch with my hands.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Hi All,

Here is my alternative for a standard mesh net:

You Need

1 x Old net or new net if old is unavailable with a wire handle

1 x Strong Plastic bag, the ones we all get from the aquarium store with new purchases are perfect (if you ask nicely they will give you a few for free)

1 x Hole punch or skewer

1 x tube of silicon (glue may contaminate the water)


OK, What we do is cut off the mesh net completly

place the plasic bag in place of the old net with the seam of the bag facing the handle

cut down the seam at least 3 cm or one inch

fold the bag back onto itself around the net handle/frame

silicon the plastic to itself to create a new "plastic bag net" wait 48 hours for silicon to cure 1 week if you have pleanty of time

now once cured go nuts with the hole punch or skewer (within reason) to allow water flow at the desired rate be careful not to weaken the bag in the one area too much

and there you have it the Hollywood Plastic Net (patient Pending )

Great for my catfish as getting barbs caught stresses the fish and me out too much and using my hands got old quickly (anyone who has been jabbed knows what i mean)


Hope you guys find this useful!!!

- Hollywood


Last edited by Hollywood at 28-Apr-2005 01:46

Actually, for bagging some fish, I use a method similar to Hollywood's there. I use an old fish net wire part without the net. Just wrap it on the old wire part, no holes and no sylicone. Inflate it with water, and place it on the bottom in the open area of the tank tank. Use another net to chase the fish into the bag. They cannot see the bag, so they go in rather easily. Once in, just close the bag with your hand. Bring it to the surface, empty the excess water out, fill with some air and tie off. Works rather well. Plecos are easier caught this way, as you don't have to "scrape them off the glass or a rock or such.



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There is always a bigger fish...

I'm sure the no holes one is also good for pictus .

*remembers her pictus that had to have it's pom poms removed from it's fins*

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