Which Fish Do You Find The Hardest To Catch?

[scouse_andy]

I've just been rejigging the stock in my tanks quite a bit this afternoon and spent ages netting various species, some with considerably more ease than others. My large shoal of danio, who I wasn't even trying to catch, spent most of the time swimming in and out of the net at will.

After a lot of impromptu plant rearranging, I managed to net all the fish I was after apart from my Black Phantom Tetra, which must be amongst the most elusive fish ever. I didn't net a single one of my seven so have decided they will be staying put in my main tank.

I have also had great fun in the past trying to net kuhli loaches so I thought I'd ask the rest of you which fish do you have real difficulty in catching?

 

[-germ-]

Zebra Danios can be hard to catch, while 5 of my 6 fish shoal, like yours, literally swam into the net. I still have the trickiest one seperated from his 5 tankmates due to my useless attempts to catch him. Whenever i put the net in he just dives to the bottom of the tank and waits there till i leave.
Aside from him it took me 3 days of laying pint glass/algae wafer traps to catch one of my Flying Foxes, although the other 2 were easy.
Hillstream Loaches can be buggers too if you don't want to remove all your decor.

On the other hand like your Danios my thick-lip gourami seem to swim into my net without a worry in the world and sometimes it certainly appears intentional.

 

[scouse_andy]

Oh great. One of the next fish I'm stocking is 3 Siamese Flying Foxes.

 

[Stacey13]

My pleco was very difficult to catch when I moved him temporarily while I switched the gravel out for sand in his tank. His tankmate, an oscar, was surprisingly easy to catch, as he swam right into the net. (Both fish are about 8 inches.)
The smaller fish from the 10 gallons are easy enough to net, I usually use the big net and catch them before they realize what's going on........ snails I just pick up.

 

[-germ-]

quote name='scouse_andy' post='1750366' date='Aug 31 2007, 05:25 PM']Oh great. One of the next fish I'm stocking is 3 Siamese Flying Foxes. [/quote]
WTF, erm computer playing up....
Anyhow they can be amazingly fast, if you get an active one that doesn't want to be caught you'll see for yourself.
(then again i may just not be that good at catching fish )

 

[Luketendo]

Guppies were very hard for me, I was worrying also since they were barely an inch and look really delicate, but they aren't half fast.

 

[buttercupbabe078]

I find that any fish that you are actually trying to get are hard to catch. Anything you don't want will just swim into the net!

 

[fiskkeeperpro]

I find sharks are very hard to catch

 

[MermaidMel]

Mahecola Barbs!!! IMPOSSIBLE!!!

 

[-SPB-]

Chinese Algae Eaters. Probably the worst fish to catch.

 

[Jabba]

Chinese Algae eaters - mind bogglingly fast - finally had to design a new solution because ordinary nets - forget it - an old curtain net and a wire coathanger and even then all plants and deco has to come out.

 

[znk]

What ever fish I'm trying to catch.

 

[Josiah]

For me it would be my Pseudotropheus socolofi (an african cichlid) When I have to catch him it takes me HOURS, no matter what I do and how many people I have helping me. The other hardest is my black neon tetras.

 

[orange shark]

when i first tryed neon tetras but now i can catch them easily, i dont know whether im getting better or there getting worse!

 

[chibi]

GOLD TETRAS! Better yet, most tetras... I was going to give them away to my LFS but spent a half an hour and couldn't catch ONE out of five so I gave up.