where can I get equipment for moving and handling large aquatic fish such as alligator gars sharks etc?
aquarium gear
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How large are we talking? When I was an importer we just used large nets, that works for fish up to around 2-3 feet I'd say, after that would be a whole different story
When I had to move some large fish ( my wife was divorcing me), I put a 300gallon Rubbermad stock tank in the back of a friends SUV, put enough water in it cover the fish, and he drove them the 90 miles to Chicago.
He held on to them at east 6 months until I got it together, then I picked the fish up the same way.
He held on to them at east 6 months until I got it together, then I picked the fish up the same way.
we are looking to move fish round 5 to 10 feet long and pure muscleLol I used my Milwaukee impact/tear resistance glove from Home Depot when I sold my 18” female stingray. Literally one hand holding her tail and the other hand under her belly. What are you looking to move?
There is a thread about moving a 5 foot arapima floating around somewhere on this site, I’ll try to find it for you bud.
How We Moved Our 5 Foot Arapaima Gigas
How we moved our 5 foot arapaima gigas We began thinking about how to move the gigas several weeks before the move. We searched the internet for information which was sketchy at best. We emailed a few people and talked to a few on the phone. The first major decision was that we...
www.monsterfishkeepers.com
I'd look into getting heavy duty fishing nets for such an endeavor. I take it large catfish or arapaima?
thank you guys and if your wondering what fish i plan on moving it is alligator gar and black tip reef sharks
Black tip reef sharks? Perhaps
Zoodiver
posted something about moving sharks in the past. He is an expert in sharks and is very knowledgeable. He hasn’t been on in a while but you should still check out his threads to see if he posted anything about moving sharks if you have the time.
Here’s a link to his profile incase the @ doesn’t work.
Also is this for an aquarium or something?
Zoodiver
posted something about moving sharks in the past. He is an expert in sharks and is very knowledgeable. He hasn’t been on in a while but you should still check out his threads to see if he posted anything about moving sharks if you have the time.Here’s a link to his profile incase the @ doesn’t work.
Also is this for an aquarium or something?