Best way to transfer my peacock bass?

[TimTheBadass]

So here a shot of my 20 gallon next to the 125. Sorry the laptop's in the way. The 20 isn't much to look at yet, just the QT tank.

Then I have a pic of my 125, and the orino and mono hanging out.

Very nice fish Steve. That tank looks beautiful too.

 

[JML1997]

For anyone reading this thread, this is VERY BAD ADVICE. Yes sometimes you can move them over and they are fine but sometimes they aren't. Juvenile cichla shock very easily. If they go into shock from a move they will almost always die. It's not worth the risk.

The best way I've learned to do it is put them in a bucket or box of their own tank water, about 25% full.
Then fill it up almost full with water from the new tank using a length of air line.
Use a clothes peg to slow the flow so it takes up to an hour.
Then you can safely net them and put them in the new tank.

Says you, this method of transfering fish works very well for some of us..

 

[TimTheBadass]

Says you, this method of transfering fish works very well for some of us..

Yes and sometimes fish get killed using this method. It's not worth the risk. Just because you have moved a couple of fish without them dying it doesn't mean it's a good method.
I've used your method for large CA cichlids for years with no problems but when I tried it with juvi cichla it went into shock and flipped upside down. I was very lucky to revive it. I have even moved a 4" orino from it's tank to a bucket of it's own tank water and it went into shock. I don't know why but it shows how touchy young cichla are. This was three years ago, I've learnt since.

 

[jeep13820]

i like ur nice getto sculpure lol the beer bottle... i caught my first pbass in my spot at around 1" ea and i brought them home in a beer bottle i fished out in the lake... thats how i got into MFK