i have two aquariums- a 3 foot tank and a 2 foot tank. in my 3 foot i have a 3 inch Bn plec, and in my 2 foot i have a 5 inch common albino plec. i want to swap them over. what is the best way to catch them, and do i need to float them before releasing into their new homes? both tank are established.
how do i catch my plec?
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Do it like a normal fish. People think plecos can just be thrown into tanks but that isnt good at all.
i thought they had spines that could get caught in a net? i thought i might try to catch them, especially the bigger one in a jug.
You could catch them by hand. I would just put them in right away to the other tank. Floating stress's them IMO. I almost never float my bags. Never had any problems with this.
I use one of the big gulp cups that has been thoroughly cleaned and washed out with only water. I don't float fish, I use a bucket with the water that came with the fish. Then I slowly take water from the tank using airline tubing into the bucket. To ease the fish into the change of temperature and parameter changes.
I use the bucket method as well and usually catch mine by hand. I have however been stuck with the cheek spines. When I catch small Pim cats with the very sharp barbs a brand new net seams to work better than an old one for some reason. Possibly because it is still stiff and not broken in yet, not sure.
put a container of some kind, maybe a pipe, in your tank as a hiding space and then cover the opening and remove it when hes inside