Netting out monster sized fish ?

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I throw small fire work's in the tank , so as to stunn the fish for a short time .. so I can net them up easily.. :naughty:
 
Tried to catch my 24" rays with a net when I had to move them to the pond. Needless to say they broke the net handle and we just decided just to lure them into bags and been doing that with monster size fish since.
 
At one point I had to move a Red Terror out of my tank to the hospital tank. When I put the net in, he would absolutly freak and smash around the tank.

Do not be disgusted---

The only way I ended up being able to get him out was with a fishing hook.
As he was the most aggressive feeder, I put a sliver of beefheart on a barbless hook. Lower the hook, pulled out the RT and immediatly put a wet towel around him to control him.
It worked, he was unharmed, far better than him thrashing around the tank avoiding a net.
i would not advocate this in most cases, however in extreme it is something to consider.
 
Here is the best thing I've found. We tried several different things when moving the beasts I have into their new tank the the easiest was to take a big game fish net and put a trash bag in it. We poked some holes in the bag so we could move it through the water, and the water would drain. it worked very very well.
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Yep, Koi socks are pretty good. I use them to move big aros quite a bit. The material is soft and the fish don't get stuck on it. then you let the fish swim out the other end when moved. Easy!
 
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