DIY Fish Trap

[sts04c]

I just wanted to put up a quick post about this trap. Very easy to use, setup, and make. Plus it WORKS! Fish will be curious for a few days, just feed only in the trap and you'll catch the fish.

Cost: $4.50 for Cereal container, just a Sterlite made piece of tupperware, bought at Biglots.
String: Free, borrowed from girlfriends sewing kit
Mag Float: Already owned
Knife or Drill: owned, to cut small hole for string/fishing line to pull trap shut

Side note: make sure to secure the string to something outside of the tank when you are not using. I came home to the string wrapped all-around my Birdsnest the other day. I just put the free end under the magfloat on the exterior of the tank.

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[dawgface]

Genius!

 

[sts04c]

Thanks, but far from it! Just modified version of someone elses. It worked within 48 hours for me though, so Happy hunting!

 

[johniii]

Why didn't I think of this

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[sts04c]

(transfer of Brisco15's post)
Sweet dude! What did you use to keep it in place? Did you just leave excess food in there or remove it?
Got a huge yellow damsel that needs to be caught!

Response:
I understand that. I had to catch Chromis, caught 3, only pulled 2 from the sump, not sure where the other fellow is. I also caught the Melanarus Wrasse as well, he came into the trap while I was holding the frozen cube waiting for it to sink in the trap. Silly Fish.

I used a magfloat to hold it up. I left the excess food in their until I caught the desired fish. I had to wait for the Chromis, meaning they weren't as easy as the Melanarus. I caught 1 Chromis pretty quickly and the second and third about thirty minutes after introducing a frozen cube on day two of the trap being in the tank. My girlfriend said, hey I think the fish you want is in the trap, sure enough.

 

[brisco15]

Thanks again for sharing

 

[sts04c]

Anytime!