Almost An Emergency, How Do I Lure A Algae Eater To A Net?

[walker001]

Ok, a co-worker's daughter took her tank down and was going to deep-6 the remaining fish. Knowing I had some tanks, her mom brought them to work all in a mason jar. I scurried home and acclimated them and released them. The Bloody-eyed Tetras go in great with my neons and Black Skirts. The 1 guppy gets on fine with the 3 I had already, the 2 cories get on fine with my 3. The problem is the albino algae eater. My cories are not active at all anymore. And I got a strong suspicion its the algae eater, beacuse he has moved into their bedding down territory.
The problem. Fully planted tank. Algae eater is a fast little booger and seems to understand the whole net thing. How in the devil do I remove him without tearing up all my plantings?

Thanks.
Damn algae eaters. errr

 

[WILDER]

Try two nets it will be easier.

 

[Neal]

Or you could try the following, get a yoghurt pot or something similar, stick some algae wafer in it or something it eats, wait for it to go for the food and snatch it up out of the water and put it where you want!

Regards,
Neal

 

[walker001]

Neal,
Thanks for the advice, i had to eat it first, but then with the veggie tabs in and sunk to the bottom.
Worked perfectly! Now the 2 are removed from the big tank and are for the time being residing in my 10 gal. Betta tank. I figure if they act up in there, they got a butt whippin coming to them. I just can't bring myself to toast em no matter how much bother they are.
And my Corys have come back out a little and seem happier. So all in all, your suggestion was a winner.

Thanks again,
Walker

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Neal,
Thanks for the advice, i had to eat it first, but then with the veggie tabs in and sunk to the bottom.
Worked perfectly! Now the 2 are removed from the big tank and are for the time being residing in my 10 gal. Betta tank. I figure if they act up in there, they got a butt whippin coming to them. I just can't bring myself to toast em no matter how much bother they are.
And my Corys have come back out a little and seem happier. So all in all, your suggestion was a winner.

Thanks again,
Walker

What type of algae eater is it? Loach, plec, other type of catfish etc? Knowing what type it is will give us some idea on how is best to catch it (its often not a good idea to net plecs for example as they have bristly skin and often spikes on their fins which can catch on netting), and also wether it is suitable for your tank- some algae eating fish can be suprisingly agressive like Chinese Algae Eaters.

 

[Neal]

Glad I finally provided some good advice, all the other advice i'm wrong with or it doesn't work!
Pathetic young'uns who know nothing, just leave it to the oldies but goldies...

Neal