Netting out monster sized fish ?

[Mesna]

Well, I got a giant pretzel jar like a foot in diameter and 1 1/2 feet tall and just took off the lid and put food inside, then soon enough the fish went in and i put the top back on.

 

[Hawaiianfishkee]

Holy dude! I used a reg mid size net with a trash bag inside, poked holes through bag. I wanted to do the pillow case(seems safest) but I needed to acclimate. I figured the bag would hold it's old water well while the holes mixes new water in slowly. Hung net/bag over new tank with cover over top. When I was waiting and putting air hose in tank, I heard a crash(figured something slipped and landed on cover). So peeked in bag and He went nuts and started springing upwards hitting cover. I quickly covered cover with box to add weight and block light. Turned out light and he became calm. Waited like 45 min and dumped um in new tank.
7-8 inch jardini from 55 gallon to 150 gallon.
He likes it, I can tell. He ate 2 crickits rite after I threw him in. For anyone looking for ideas.

 

[gunthar]

how do you move a 14in pacu. i tried moving him from the 20 to 55 and it was 3 ft away and i dropped him three times and he was only 6in then.

 

[koop171]

how do you move a 14in pacu. i tried moving him from the 20 to 55 and it was 3 ft away and i dropped him three times and he was only 6in then.

Pillow case. Just grab him with that or try to get him in it. You're going to get wet any way you look at it though.

 

[MeAko]

If you had this problem in the past:

i've tried nets in the past, but when the fish trying to excape the fins ends up stuck in the net and i had to cut it free.

any one have any idea at all??

Then why suggest this?

it's easy get the biggest net you can afford and go for it. make sure you open a tiny gap first so the aro don't jump out. once your net is inside the tank force the arowana into one side. if the aro freak out then back off, then do it again. give it about 15mins with the net in the water, the aro will get use to the net by now. then with out warning net the slippery thing out! oh, and it's best if you can get some one stand next to you so they can help you open the box, past you stuff etc.

I don't think nets and arowanas make a good partnership. As it is quite easy for them to jump out of the net or have its fins get caught in the net.

Moving a Monster Aro: drain the tank until the fish can hardly swim and then guide into a submerged plastic bag. The safest way. Aro = no nets!

 

[zennzzo]

The KOI boyz have been netting out and showing Monster Koi for probably a millennium now, and they have fish that sell for many times the price of prized Arowana.

They have come up with a net that is actually a fine mesh tube.
The netting is really, really fine, so not even the prickliest of fins catch on the material. The loop on mine is 12" in diameter and the handle is like 18" long and made of hardwood. The net or (sock) as they call it, is black silky nylon, and 48" long, so even the longest of Arowana or any fish for that matter will easily fit.

All you have to do is have the location ready where you are going to put the fish, close the sock with one hand and scoop with the other. Lowering the water level will allow you to do it by yourself...Fish seem to flop right in, then just raise the fish OUT of the water and let the excess water drain off the net.
Then you just put the net and fish in the destination container, tank, tote, bucket, whatever, and let go of the end opposite of the handle...The fish will slide right through and you won't disturb the slimecoat, split fins or tear the rays of the fins, because they are moving in the forward direction back into the water...
If you haven't seen one in action, My suggestion is find a Koi club and watch what they do, to move monster Koi...Koi can be buck wild and spooky as hell, and they take them to shows/sales all the time...

They are not cheap, I paid like 68.00 for mine, but that wasn't the best deal out there.

As a matter of fact the "BOSS" Neoprodigy has got some really expensive fish and I know he swears by them as well...that's who hooked me up with the idea, And he couldn't have been more right about moving/netting out Monsters...

 

[iloveoscars702]

I don't think nets and arowanas make a good partnership. As it is quite easy for them to jump out of the net or have its fins get caught in the net.

Moving a Monster Aro: drain the tank until the fish can hardly swim and then guide into a submerged plastic bag. The safest way. Aro = no nets!

this is a good idea... or you can use a clean pillow case... less likely to rip

 

[zennzzo]

The net I posted would be able to pick up 20lbs+, easy and is designed for fish moving...

 

[chefjamesscott]

how do you move a 14in pacu. i tried moving him from the 20 to 55 and it was 3 ft away and i dropped him three times and he was only 6in then.

If you use a lightly charged harpon it works snap

just kidding

I used to own two pacu 18 and 24 inch and the only way is to get wet doing it

 

[MeAko]

They have come up with a net that is actually a fine mesh tube.
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Perhaps it might be a good idea for people to identify some particular monsters that really are not good to expose in the air?

I'm thinking: Pacus, ID Sharks, GGouramis, Kois, Knives are okay getting netted out and being exposed, but how about fish like Aros and Rays, they really don't seem to do well if taken out from the water, should we be making that distinction?

I remember reading here that ray babies should NEVER be exposed to the air at all...