Hardest fish to CATCH/NET OUT

[albyoscar]

convict fry in a 180 , pretty much just give up and buy a big fish to get rid of em

 

[brich999]

rbp's didnt want to be caught in a 6ft tank, luckily widebarbreeder did it for me too many cross braces to do it easily

 

[aclockworkorange]

Having worked in one of the largest wholesale suppliers for freshwater ornamental fish in the US, I've bagged a fish from almost every genus in the hobby. Here are the "hardest" species, both in terms if catching the fish and doing it without injuring them:
-Freshwater shrimp are absolute NINJAS. #1 on the list!
-Otocinclus catfish
-Pictus catfish
-Pea puffers
-Hillstream loaches
-Spiny eels
-Sting rays
-Catching any tiny schooling fish in LARGE numbers and accurately counting them. Example: catch 100 cardinal tetras in a tank of 160, count them accurately, and you cannot handle them roughly or they will NOT survive shipping.

Many people don't know how to catch fish efficiently IME. You DO NOT chase them with a net--you chase them into the net with your other hand if you can. You have to learn how fish swim and react to a net. It took me a couple months of doing it 40 hours a week to get good at it.

 

[College fishman]

bloch's catfish..........pricked 3 times and still didnt make it out of the 55.......

 

[JK47]

Having worked in one of the largest wholesale suppliers for freshwater ornamental fish in the US, I've bagged a fish from almost every genus in the hobby. Here are the "hardest" species, both in terms if catching the fish and doing it without injuring them:
-Freshwater shrimp are absolute NINJAS. #1 on the list!
-Otocinclus catfish
-Pictus catfish
-Pea puffers
-Hillstream loaches
-Spiny eels
-Sting rays
-Catching any tiny schooling fish in LARGE numbers and accurately counting them. Example: catch 100 cardinal tetras in a tank of 160, count them accurately, and you cannot handle them roughly or they will NOT survive shipping.

Many people don't know how to catch fish efficiently IME. You DO NOT chase them with a net--you chase them into the net with your other hand if you can. You have to learn how fish swim and react to a net. It took me a couple months of doing it 40 hours a week to get good at it.

Why rays if you don't mind my asking? You for sure have caught more than me J, but I never had an issue with rays.

 

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10cm clown loaches in an 360G tank, some guy came around to buy my pack of 5 CLs, after much frustration and cursing I only managed to catch 3 of dem so i kept the remaining two.

 

[mshill90]

Trying to catch a 3" Koi out of a 5' deep 1500 gallon indoor tank while you are on the platform outside the pond.

 

[aclockworkorange]

Why rays if you don't mind my asking? You for sure have caught more than me J, but I never had an issue with rays.

It's hard in a tank of 6+ small rays to pick one out without injuring it and not getting stung. They aren't particularly hard to net, as they aren't very "ninja."

 

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Trying to catch a 3" Koi out of a 5' deep 1500 gallon indoor tank while you are on the platform outside the pond.

You were obviously going at it the wrong way

 

[aclockworkorange]

All Botia and even kuhli loaches can be VERY hard to catch if you aren't experienced with them. After a while they get easier when you learn their general response to the net. Hatchetfish can also be a pain because they jump and are pretty fragile.