How to catch fast aquarium fish in a nice Aquascape without ruining it!! 

Thanks so much! Have a little guppy/platy/shrimp tank that's very heavily planted, and has become a nightmare to catch fish without ripping my aquascape apart! My usual method when it's getting crowded and I need to move a batch to a grow out tank is to delay feeding and get them good and hungry, leave a net in there for a day, remove most of the floating plants to a bucket, then when I next feed them I scoop them from beneath. Chasing them with a net from the side makes them panic and flee, but they're less likely to spot the net they've become accustomed to when you sweep it up from below in a fairly quick, confident motion. But you know how it goes, there's always that particular fast and canny fish that dives into the most densely planted areas! I need to catch up some botia in another tank to move them to a larger home, and I've been dreading it; knowing how fast and clever they are, so was searching for tips, thank you so much for this! I've left nets in there before, but never thought of baiting the net - simple, but genius! Always worth searching for as many tips as possible in this hobby, we can learn so much from each other to save ourselves some headaches! New sub now, your channel looks really interesting. I know this is an old video, going to be watching some of your older content to see some of these guppies! That was an amazing scape in this aquarium.

I'm a fan of short videos. Great tip, thanks for sharing it. Cheers

I need to try this, I have been trying to catch a SAE for days now to move it to a larger tank

tip videos are always appreciated!! I can't wait to see that tank loaded with guppy fish!! 👍☑

I also do this, but use the bottle trick also...create a trap with a soda bottle cut in half and taped or glued back together upside down

I like both the long videos & tip videos, looking at your aquariums is a pleasure it self 😘

Nice tank! I have all reef tanks now. Miss having planted tanks. Might be about that time…

Brilliant. Thank you. I’m trying to get Chinese algae eaters out of an aqua scape.

I cannot tell you how helpful this video has been today. It works like a charm! I'm so grateful for this video, Feel a bit daft for not thinking of it myself but thank you for making this video.

So glad I found your video! Been trying to move several platies from a 30 to another tank and it’s impossible. Lol. They move too fast. Thanks.

Thank you for sharing this Idea👍 I like the short and the long Videos. Do what you want. It will be good. Nice greetings🙋

Apart from the idea of catching the fish, which is good. You have a really nice planted aquarium zack, dont forget to make a video for the guppies you are planning to raise 😊

You do whatever you feel at that moment I enjoy all your videos.👍💯

Thanks for this video! Saved me a BUNCH of struggle to get a very hungry SAE out of my tank where it was eating all my little shrimps (I had wondered where they were disappearing to!). Now it's in a much bigger and shrimp-free tank with all the algae wafers it wants.

Such a great tip, I never thought of that! Def will try this next time, thanks for the info 😁

Great tip! Short tips would be great, but also like your longer videos.

First, that is a gorgeous aquascape. Second, thanks for posting this. I have a heckuva time netting fish out of my heavily planted 20-long, and I never thought of putting food in the net as bait. Genius! 😄 Oh, and a mix of short and long videos is what I think works best. 👍

Worked a charm!

I liked that tip a lot. I did catch one of those yellow algae eaters in a 20 planted tank one time. It left both of us breathing hard and the tank was a mess. Your idea looks better. But I got that little rascal!!!!

Good tip, I like the long videos but the short ones are good as well.

Like your tip, just caught 2 Siamese algae eaters using Cory’s method. This would have been easier, but longer. Whatever you do is ok by me Zack, but don’t leave out Miss Sunshine, I need my puffer fix!

If it does not work, try not to feed your aquarium at all for 48 hours. Then try again. :-)

Nice tip!!! Great short video!!👍

Great video!

Idk why not a lot of people are talking about this! This was very helpful!

I gotta move some of my hillstream loaches, I hope this works... Thanks for the tip!

Thanks man,, this is a great tip and such a simple one.. my tank is very heavily planted and I need to take out a pleco which has overgrown the tank.. I hadn’t thought of this and I will try it tomorrow... thanks again 👍🏽👍🏽 🍃☘️🌱🐟🐟🌱🌿

Short but , important tip👍 keep it up....

Very helpful. Thank you

Great little video! Keep it up! :)

Great video. I make a mess with fast moving fish 😬

Great ideas. I usually just hand catch everything

Man, I tried to catch about 40 of my CPDs fry in my densely planted (shrimp aquarium retaking) tank and i got to the point that i had to gravel vac the fish, add water, gravel wac them wit the added water, add some more again till there was no fish. Point taken - no big breeding in densely planted tanks for next time :D

Thats a great tip👍👍

Nice Anubias. I like Your tank. So simple and so elegant. Mine are in a poor shape; had many old, old ones, but got hit by rhizome rot and lost a ton. What is this yellow fish please? i have never seen one before….

This is a neat video of catching fish, I gave it a 👍. Thank you for sharing this tip. Please may I share one tip also? I have used a glass jug with the lights off, and that has worked.

The aquascaping is beautiful

Hej Zack vilken trevlig grön och fin växtlighet du har i det fina akvariet mvh Mikael Ha en trevlig helg 😎😎

I have another suggestion for Europe vs USA Aquariums - what were common decorations for beginners to have 20 years ago and now in Europe? We love our Disney characters over here, as well as bubbling chests, divers, shipwrecks, anything from kids movies. I use your "let the fish net itself" technique as well. Saves so much frustration. "Get in the net you no good &!$%* %&^*(* *()$ @$% bleeping danio! No, honey, I don't know why there is water on the floor."

thanks for the tip :) im trying to catch the same fish ahahahah a golden CAE hahahahah

Honestly trapping them is the best way, I got some feeder fish out of mine by making a trap !!!

my fishes even know my net just by seeing the net they realize i came to catch and they start hiding and running

That's what I do!!

Too late... but I was breaking down my scape anyway changing everything to a different tank

Jättebra tips!

My problem is all my fish will go in the net and not the one I’m trying to catch so I need some help

this video is 6 years old, and SAE STILL A PROBLEM 😭😭😭

my algae eater is a pain

Will try this tomorrow and hopefully catch one of my apistogrammas. Thanks