How not to move an 18" aro...

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I understand the hand in the tank so when the bag was introduced the fish wouldn't be so jumpy.. but to actually grab and not just lightly touch the fish with a hand O.o.. yeah slime coat go buh bye.. I "pet" my fire eels and my Oscar because for as big a fish as they'll get. I want them to be easy to handle for when I do need to move them.

yeah.. I like using an old clean t-shirt to move a fish that big.. always got funny looks at work when I pulled out an old t-shirt to catch a big pleco,arrow, or other random larger FW fish.

The concept he used really wasn't so bad though... Thats how I use to catch SW puffers/triggers/lions.. (smaller ones) 'cept I used a collection container.. and a net... seemed alot less stressful on the fish then physically removeing it from the water. 'specially w/ the puffers and air ingestion >.<.. was always afraid that would happen.
 
tcarswell;3549587; said:
:eek: They are more resilient than I thought.
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They've been around for millions of years for a reason
 
mm.. I think this was an ok move.. I think the guy just wanted to "show off" when moving it, many aros doesn't allow touching.. stupid but understandable..

I looked up the 7000 tank and it held a couple of pimas and some other big fishies.. pretty cool even though it was everything but crystal clear.. better home than most aros end up in!
 
SimonL;3549217; said:
Many comments on here I would suspect are from people who've never moved large fish...
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My thoughts exactly.

A trash would have been worse, first of you'll never get an aro to just swim into a black trash bag. Second the trash bag is weaker then the fish bag of large size.

Either way most don't have a real concept of how powerful and aro is. While moving my 27" it too shot through a heavy duty shipping bag with just a flick of it's tail, though mine happen within the tank and the aro hit the side of the tank pretty hard.

To give you an idea of the strength of the pre-mentioned bag, well lets just say I was not able to push my finger through the plastic bag with mush success I could only stretch the bag a bit.

Of Course the worst part was trying to lift a bag with 5 gallons of water and fish out of one tank, moving 100 feet and placing it into the 450g tank which is 5'6" high:eek:
 
I tried moving big aros and just ended up with five gallons on the floor.
 
the pacu that i had to move out of my mom's tank to my tank ended up being caught with a 1 gallon ziplock baggie. 4 inches of the tail was sticking out, but got him into the container easily.
a good idea is to use a clean 5 gallon bucket if you are trying to pull a fish out of a 75 or larger tank. It will fit in 18" or wider tanks. use the lid to capture it. slowly pull it up out of the water to reduce the level to almost half. then transfer to container or use bucket if it is small enough.
 
phillydog1958;3549994; said:
your arowana is actually a mild-mannered, mellow fish. i expected it to jump when you first placed the bag in the water. it's obvious that you hand feed her.
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That is not my fish or a members :)
 
a vid made by a bunch of retards. just go to a sporting goods store, get a big nylon fish net (not the crappy ones sold at the lfs) and net the animal and put into the bucket. cripes, even ebay has those sort of nets. no need for a bag of any sort.

plus petting the animal takes of the slime coating. thats not good either i think.
 
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