I have a pair of dwarf bristlenose plecos that have made themselves a lovely home under a log and have started making babies. Lots of babies. The first batch appeared in early January and the second about a week ago. I found a fish store that was willing to take the babies, but I'm having trouble catching them. I can see them all over the tank eating zucchini and hanging out on the tank walls but the second I remove the tank light to try to net them out they swoop down into the plants and disappear. My tank is fairly heavily planted with a large Amazon sword in the center and once they hide amongst the leaves they are impossible to find. The only ones I have managed to catch are the six fry I found when I cleaned the canister filter.
How can I catch them? I'd like to catch them soon while my LFS still has room for them, otherwise I don't know what I'm going to do with 20+ new plecos. I'm thinking some kind of trap, baited with zucchini perhaps? (On a side note, I am simply astonished at how much zucchini a litter of baby plecos can eat. Unbelievable.) The trap would have to be on the small side because my tank is only a 30 gallon, and I would prefer it to be something I can put in the upper level of the tank so the fry can avoid the cichlids that hang out at the bottom.
What do you think?
How can I catch them? I'd like to catch them soon while my LFS still has room for them, otherwise I don't know what I'm going to do with 20+ new plecos. I'm thinking some kind of trap, baited with zucchini perhaps? (On a side note, I am simply astonished at how much zucchini a litter of baby plecos can eat. Unbelievable.) The trap would have to be on the small side because my tank is only a 30 gallon, and I would prefer it to be something I can put in the upper level of the tank so the fry can avoid the cichlids that hang out at the bottom.
What do you think?