Suggestions?

[calisucks]

Anyone have a good way of catching 20+ loaches out of a big tank? I don't want to net them out one by one as that would take awhile.. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Mark Duffill]

The best bet would be a fish trap, I have used several for catching loaches out of existing setups to move them to new ones without wrecking the tank.

I use an old plastic sweet jar, either cut a hole in the lid or even better use a piece of pipe that the fish can get through and angle it so that once they travel up the pipe and into the jar it makes it harder for them to get out, put some of their favourite food in the jar and leave it a while and the loaches will investigate and enter the jar eventually. Put some string around the neck of the jar and once the fish goes in lift the jar out and then reset for next fish.

 

[jlnguyen74]

It's going to take a while, unless you drain all your tank all the way down. Take all your driftwood out, put the big net on one end, and use another net to chase them to the big net. I'll give you a hand