DIY Larval Snagger

Windy · Jan 5, 2015

I decided to make my own and just finished gluing 3 of them together. I still need to glue in the air line and am waiting on mesh fabric from Florida Aqua Farms to cover the outlet. I am going to make a lure that runs off of 120 current so I can control the snagger with my APEX.

Windy · Feb 7, 2015

I am fishing now!

Windy · Feb 14, 2015

Sometimes a plan works out. I have a pair of Neon Gobies and I wanted to raise the fry. They were nested in a piece of live rock and I could never get them both out at once. So I put the rock and both fish in a 20 gal high and began to look for a way to catch the fry if I could not get the eggs. I came across the design you see above. I have installed it on the goby tank with a DIY LED lure that is taped to the front of the tank. The air runs continuously but the lure comes on 30 minutes after dark and stays on for 3 hours. I cleaned and installed the catcher every day for the last two weeks, trying to see when the larva would hatch. This morning I had about 20 larva in the snagger. I will leave it there tonight in case of any late arrivals. But what I know now is the egg cycle. I will do this again the next time they show breeding behavior and I will be able to forecast the larva hatch. I am still in preparation with my food system and I have yet to start the rotifers, but now I can plan a date to try raising the larva.

ben5impson · May 3, 2024

any info on how you made this? is there a video somewhere?

zerokewl · May 7, 2024

When these are used for clowfish catches its bad to leave the larvae in there for any length off time and it significantly reduces yields . I'd imagine this is the same for most other larvae so if you leaving them in there for hours it's probably not good

ben5impson · May 9, 2024

zerokewl said:
When these are used for clowfish catches its bad to leave the larvae in there for any length off time and it significantly reduces yields . I'd imagine this is the same for most other larvae so if you leaving them in there for hours it's probably not good

these are only intended to be used for a couple of hours to catch the clownfish larvae to transfer to a fry tank. these are quite effective.