Neon tetras dropping like flies

NetMax wrote:

Use 2 nets, chaser and catcher. Keep the catcher absolutely as still as
possible, until the last moment (if you even need to move it). Move the
chaser slowly corralling them. When they approach the catcher, a quick jerk
can sometimes send them flying into the catcher. Tetras instictively react
first to moving objects (this won't work as well with higher-order cichlids
;~).

My favorite trick is to put an irresistible food in a net close to the
surface, and wait. Shrimp pellets usually work pretty well. I just
pulled some gambusia out of the pond that way.

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NetMax wrote:

Use 2 nets, chaser and catcher. Keep the catcher absolutely as still
as possible, until the last moment (if you even need to move it).
Move the chaser slowly corralling them. When they approach the
catcher, a quick jerk can sometimes send them flying into the catcher.
Tetras instictively react first to moving objects (this won't work as
well with higher-order cichlids ;~).

My favorite trick is to put an irresistible food in a net close to the
surface, and wait. Shrimp pellets usually work pretty well. I just
pulled some gambusia out of the pond that way.

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I've used that for Otos in a heavily planted 130g. Took a while,
catching one at a time, but what would be the alternative.

My favourite trick is positioning a big chunk of driftwood near the front
of the glass, position the catcher net tightly between the glass and the
wood, and then coral them in. In a tank of 100s of tetras, I could
easily catch 80 in one shot. Shoaling fish literally follow each other
into the net, and the first ones realise this is a net, but they are
sandwiched in by the rest of the pack following them. I could move most
of a 500 Neon tetra tank in about 4 netfulls (but Neons were especially
easy).
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