I have a female Maingano who is holding for the second time since I got her (in February). The first time, she wouldn't let me catch her, and all of her fry except one got eaten by the other fish. I've been trying for at least a week to catch her and put her in her own tank so that her second brood won't end up like the first. However, she's in a 75 gallon tank with 18 other 2" - 3.5" cichlids, a ton of rocks stacked into cave-like structures (and siliconed together), and various caves dug out from under the rocks by the fish.
We made a large barrier net that goes across the tank so that we can confine her to a smaller area and hopefully have better luck catching her (this has worked with other cichlids) but she's a wily one. She always finds the teeniest gap to get through, or she just jumps over the net. Trying to catch her when she's sleeping doesn't work, since her night vision is better than ours. We've tried red nets, clear containers, our hands... no matter how/when we try to catch her, she outsmarts us. I swear she can read minds! Does anyone have any ideas on how to catch my super-smart, mind-reading fish? I'd very much appreciate suggestions!
We made a large barrier net that goes across the tank so that we can confine her to a smaller area and hopefully have better luck catching her (this has worked with other cichlids) but she's a wily one. She always finds the teeniest gap to get through, or she just jumps over the net. Trying to catch her when she's sleeping doesn't work, since her night vision is better than ours. We've tried red nets, clear containers, our hands... no matter how/when we try to catch her, she outsmarts us. I swear she can read minds! Does anyone have any ideas on how to catch my super-smart, mind-reading fish? I'd very much appreciate suggestions!
Oh-the 2 nets is for trickery-come at her straight on so she turns around and swims right into the other net
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