Catching my CBB

Travis Stewart · Nov 15, 2020

Starting picking at my acans fish trap my best bet?

najer · Nov 16, 2020

Yes, one of the best things I ever bought was my fish trap.

ApoIsland · Nov 16, 2020

They are very aggressive eaters so the fish trap will definitely work. If You don’t have a trap and he is also taking prepared foods out of the water column then put the food in a net. That’s how I move mine around.

Travis Stewart · Nov 16, 2020

ApoIsland said:
They are very aggressive eaters so the fish trap will definitely work. If You don’t have a trap and he is also taking prepared foods out of the water column then put the food in a net. That’s how I move mine around.

najer said:
Yes, one of the best things I ever bought was my fish trap.

thanks guys going to use a trap

Travis Stewart · Nov 16, 2020

najer said:
Yes, one of the best things I ever bought was my fish trap.

Hard to keep food inside trap...

najer · Nov 16, 2020

Travis Stewart said:
Hard to keep food inside trap...

Do you have Masstick on something you can squish into a back corner of the trap?

mattzang · Nov 16, 2020

put a clam in there, ez catch

alternatively, ditch the acans and keep the cbb

Travis Stewart · Nov 16, 2020

mattzang said:
put a clam in there, ez catch

alternatively, ditch the acans and keep the cbb

Man I’m a collector lol

mattzang · Nov 16, 2020

i figured it was a longshot based on your profile pic

piranhaman00 · Nov 16, 2020

My cbb starting picking at my acans too so I removed the acans and made a new tank for them lol

ApoIsland · Nov 16, 2020

Travis Stewart said:
Man I’m a collector lol

It took me 3 tries to get one that didn't eventually start eating my rock flower nems. The good news is that resale value on these guys really appreciates once you have them trained on prepared foods. Can usually sell them for 2 or 3 times what you paid.

Big C · Nov 16, 2020

Caught plenty of fish in this one:

I like how it collapses down for storage.

Travis Stewart · Nov 16, 2020

Big C said:
Caught plenty of fish in this one:

I like how it collapses down for storage.

Have a similar one on the tank now. Been pretty tough so far.

Big C · Nov 16, 2020

It took about a day to catch two pyramid butterflies. Feed exclusively out of the trap to force them into it (or try). I turned off all the pumps when I do this just like I would typically do (they know when its time to eat when the pump goes out).

Couple of tangs took a few days. One fish that never went in were my clowns.