To catch a fry

[Jag586]

Well my jags had babies I have 20 or so with the parents in my 200 gallon... how can I get them out to sell em? I have some rockscape in don't want to stress them by chasing catching and bagging plus they're not yet sellable (only an inch) any ideas?

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[rwellbaum]

start another tank for the babies

 

[jrthor_85]

You can put in a temporary tank divider that will limit the space the fry can hide in. Then you can pull a portion of your scape rather than the whole thing.

 

[Jag586]

This time I just let the babies in the tank with the parents next ho around I'm putting all the babies in my 50 gallon

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[Black Jack]

ive put a cut 5inch piece of pvc pipe in my tank before w 1 end against the glass. fry swim in. put ur net over the open end and slide the pvc pipe up the tank wall. quickly flip it up and out of the tank w the netted side on the bottom. used that before trying to get small fish out of a largely aquascaped tank

 

[Azedenkae]

Wait until 3am, open up all the lights at once, and go catch them. They'd be asleep by then, and the light will temporarily shock them. They'll stay perfectly still for you to catch them. ;D You have about 5 minutes tho.

 

[importracer]

Well my jags had babies I have 20 or so with the parents in my 200 gallon... how can I get them out to sell em? I have some rockscape in don't want to stress them by chasing catching and bagging plus they're not yet sellable (only an inch) any ideas?

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Right after hatching, I usually siphon the fry........Or else, you would get fry hiding in nooks and crannies, like you do....Always have a spare 55g to be a grow out tank..........

 

[akenn107]

i usually put the parents in a separate tank just before they give birth. Then you just net them after their done.

 

[Chizzle]

Right after hatching, I usually siphon the fry........Or else, you would get fry hiding in nooks and crannies, like you do....Always have a spare 55g to be a grow out tank..........

X2 helped siphon out my buddies festae fry

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[akenn107]

syphoning does help