Help catching zebra danio

JJ83

JJ83

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Feb 11, 2008
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Well, I made an amature mistake today! I had been looking into getting some zebra danio's lately and on impulse today bought 4 of these little monsters. They were very calm at the store but when i added them to my tank they became extremely aggressive toward my white clouds and my corys so I am going to move them over to my 10g for the night and see if I can return them to the store tomorrow for some more white clouds. So my question is - How do you net these things? My eyes can barely keep up with them! Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated :wall:
 
you have a bigger brain i think you can figure it out

tricks of the trade you will learn sooner or later

they tire fast just chase them for 2 mins
 
like jaysen said i had to catch some tiger barbs ended up buying a BIGGER net like a 10 inch no problem.
 
Two nets, like Jaysen recommended.

Also try turning the lights out.

Good luck! I often have to remove a lot of decor to catch fast ones.
 
turn out the lights, put on some night vision goggles, and play some soothing enya in the background.

my danios are curios and swim right into nets to see what's in them. o.O
 
Provide more plants. They establish pecking order among their group if there are more of them including a spacious compartment. I never observed mine to bully other fish at all as they concentrate on members of their own group best.I have to admit I don't have difficulty catching them either as they simply go through my hands asking for food.:)
 
I had four, one of which apparently killed off the other three and then started shredding the fins on my guppies. I had to remove some of the decor from my tank to net him, and it took about two minutes, so apparently the above advice is true! The two-net things sounds like a good idea, and you could even try baiting a net with a few flakes of food. Maybe they will swim right in, as I too found them willing to come right up to my hand to get food.
 
reduce the water level as much as possible.
 
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