I'm in the process of moving my rubber lip pleco out of his current tank where he is getting picked on, down to another tank (that has been running for over a year) where it will be just him and some guppies at the moment, although I do plan to add some cory cats in about a month. but my problem is thus -
In the process of removing him from his current tank and getting him into a bucket, he has become a very nervous fish and is now wedged in a corner of the bucket and is rather well attached.
I don't want to pry him out as I may hurt him. I've added a bit of water from the new tank into the bucket and and keeping an eye on the temp, should I just wait for him to relax and move on his own? Or is there anything else I could do to convince him (should I just do the water changes until the bucket is equal to the new tank and try to just.... dump him in?)
In the process of removing him from his current tank and getting him into a bucket, he has become a very nervous fish and is now wedged in a corner of the bucket and is rather well attached.
I don't want to pry him out as I may hurt him. I've added a bit of water from the new tank into the bucket and and keeping an eye on the temp, should I just wait for him to relax and move on his own? Or is there anything else I could do to convince him (should I just do the water changes until the bucket is equal to the new tank and try to just.... dump him in?)
