ok got 5 leopard fish fry (yes the same ones every time) that think the syphon hose is a hydroslide and will not only go p it, but if put back in the tank head straight back there (these guys move to your fingers and nibble them when your scraping the glass)

is there any way to clean the tank without providing them with a slide or spending more time worrying about the water im pouring down the drain than actually cleaning.

just remember it is the same lil buggers every time in a tank with around 30 fry. (I can tell by the evil glint in their eyes... (and maybe the shae of their dorsal fins, spots, size etc...))

do I have to have a segregation chamber???

Put a net over the siphon intake.

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can't.... trying to syphon up crap at the same time.

net would block.

seriously thinking about setting up a "water park" bucket for them... syphon them up continue cleaning tank, put them back in and let them have another ride if they feel like it (which they will)

pin them to small pieces of polystyrene while you are cleaning tank

P.S. don't forget to unpin them when you finish

i'll put them next to the "live" spiders I'm collecting for your breeding project

that won't work too well the spiders are in boxes of leaf litter and bark

the fishes gills may get a bit dusty and dry out

:smot:

leopard as in the livebearer? Super happy fish once settled eh? you become their best friend, go close to tank they all cluster closest to you. the tank i have mine in is 120cm long, so i feed them at one end and do the water change at the other.

Let them go through into the bucket but hold a net or sieve over the side when you empty the bucket to catch the fish and then throw them back into the tank. Leopards love hanging around the siphon tube!

this thread reminds me of people who complain their own children are badly behaved.... discipline your fish!

how about use one hand to hold the siphon and the other to chase the fish away from it??

1: we are talking about 3-4mm long fish they think my finger is a toy.

2: can't net them out of the bucket as its full of crap (they are messy lil suckers) and I can't see them

3: I love them but they are badly behaved and not due to my bad parenting... what sort of bad parent lets their babies ride on hydroslides....

im thinking about getting a picture of a big nasty cichlid and pasting it to the syphon pipe.

how about a smaller diameter pipe?

or net them out first and then do your clean up

i'm going to slow down the syphon and watch carefully. put a piece of clear yellow pipe in there today (off cut of old syphon hose they loved so much) and the 5 that are causing trouble are hanging around and swimming through that