I tried catching some of the celestichthys margaritatus with a net the other day... it's almost impossible because 2/3rds of the tank is impenetrable hiding spots... It took me an hour to ambush one female so I decided to try out a bottle trap...
Every fish species except the cpds managed to get trapped in it, even the super cautious brachydanio choprae... I don't know how I'm going to start this breeding program if I can't get my hands on some fish... maybe I will try a bigger pop bottle
When I eventually trap more, they are going to live down in the sump in a plastic canvas pen I made up...
And when the fry grow out to a certain size in the buckets, I will put them in the little ziss breeder box also sitting in the sump...
I have four 2.5gallon buckets set up with cycled poret sponge filters, a wad of moss, a cup of Gravel, a cup of safe t sorb and a half cup of matrix as the substrate... I used tank water to fill them up and added some snails for good measure...
I will drop 2M/3F in at sunset and change some of the water... they should spawn in the morning and I will move them to the next bucket etc, then it's back into the sump pen for some cigarettes and a nap...
Even if I do one round of this I should get at least 20-40 fry or more... maybe I'll do it a couple more times and sell to my lfs...