Netting out monster sized fish ?

[Fish Eat Fish]

i didnt read the whole thing either but when i last moved my fish i used a strainer. my O is.. actually i think about 7 inches now. i had a pot full of tank water, used the strainer like a net, got him in there, then lifted him out and put the strainer into the big pot of water with my O.
im glad i read this, i was worrying about how i was going to "net" him when he gets bigger. they're so much stronger than they look

This sounds like it would be quite hard on a fishes slime coat. I would not recommend this

 

[shiv]

I used a big transparent big to catch my 18" aro. HAd a tough time as he jumped out the first time before I could close the bag but landed back in the tank. But next time I got hung of it and trapped him well in the bag.

Not a scratch or a scale lost.... and the Aro was safe in the new tank.

 

[demjor19]

I used a big transparent big to catch my 18" aro. HAd a tough time as he jumped out the first time before I could close the bag but landed back in the tank. But next time I got hung of it and trapped him well in the bag.

Not a scratch or a scale lost.... and the Aro was safe in the new tank.

I moved my 22" Pacu using this method as well. No scale loss or other injuries there either.

 

[BigDaddyMagnum]

believe it or not call me crazy but womens stockings are good for moving large fish, there soft and strong.......

 

[matt123]

always found that using my hands was the best way ! just have to be crefull not to be to heavy handed with them but at least you can control the amount of thrashing the fish makes !!

 

[Amazon_Addict]

I take all the decorations out and drain the water to the point where the fish just start to turn on there side so it limits there movement. Then depending on the size of the fish I use a ice cream bucket or a 5 gallon pail with a cover and use the cover to coax the fish in. Then i slowly tip it upright. This way the fish never leaves water like it would with a net. Plus it does not flop around as much, because it's not as uncomfortable as it would be out of the water. If you don't wanna transfer the water to the other tank you can open the cover a crack and drain it into another pail next to the new tank. I have used this method to transfer oscars and a couple pacu, including a 20 incher.

 

[jayallen]

do u no any thing to do with rtc?

 

[bert979]

slow and steady is about the only thing i found for a 10' oscar

 

[Piscus]

How do you move your monster sized fishes? I honestly hate doing it
because theres the possibility of the fish thrashing around and doing damage to itself.

I use the largest net i could find for arowanas , stingrays and bigger catfish , i herd them in a large trash bag and lift the bag out slowly ( after removing excess water ) from the tank.

Any special, unusual technique that people out there use or want to share? Post them here !

I use a huge Koi Net to catch my 28 inch RTD!

 

[Wet Whiskers]

To catch by TSN's and TSNXRTC, I use a towel washed in baby detergent (no dyes of perfumes). I remove all the stuff in the tank, lower the water to about the tops of their backs, got the towel wet and tackle them. Its the only way I have found that I can hang onto them. I just have a rubbermaid tub ready with their old water in it and added slim coat. If I'm concerned that there may be some damage to them, I add a broad spectrum antibiotic to the tub water to basically act as a topical on a superficial cut or problem. I had to do this once when my TSN had the beginnings of gill curl and I massaged it away. His gill curl was totally cured, he didn't have a mark on him from the move, and he seemed less traumatized that if I had to have tried to net him. I just don't know if I would have had the upper body strength to hang onto a net with one of those guys thrashing around in it.