Snakehead Sedation IN Tank for Transfer

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H]-[H;4453587; said:
Yes, it's normal.. same like shipping a fish.. The fish needs to get used to its new suroundings therefore give it a few days if it's not eating..
But for a 2ft snakehead, I would think that there won't be much problem getting it to eat.. They are pretty hardy creatures at that size..
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You've eased my mind - thank you :) (sorry if it was noob question)

Might try an entree of tiger barbs and see how we go lol
 
Pictures and video to follow yup.

Thanks for your help thus far everyone :D
 
hey man good luck seriously im not sure if im right but after you transfer i would do a 25% water change just to take any additives out the water that i could just the way i feel about it i do this with every med nd stuff like that personal choice not necessarily professional >?
 
When I had them a while ago, I moved my pair of red snakeheads once. They were 2 ft plus. The only thing I did was not feed them for a few days, lower the water in the tank they are in, and use a big strong net to net them out. They are very hardy and will take the move without problem. Of course the water perimeters should be the same in both tank. In other words, test the water and fix what needs to be fix. Also mine was a pair but I didn't have time to get it right to get the eggs to hatch. Good Luck.
 
gregg;4453733; said:
hey man good luck seriously im not sure if im right but after you transfer i would do a 25% water change just to take any additives out the water that i could just the way i feel about it i do this with every med nd stuff like that personal choice not necessarily professional >?
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Not a problem...he's going straight from the "sedative water" tank into a new, cycled tank that will be topped up with about 400litres of his old (but unmedicated) water that we'll remove before we knock him out.
 
viewofthebay;4453843; said:
When I had them a while ago, I moved my pair of red snakeheads once. They were 2 ft plus. The only thing I did was not feed them for a few days, lower the water in the tank they are in, and use a big strong net to net them out. They are very hardy and will take the move without problem. Of course the water perimeters should be the same in both tank. In other words, test the water and fix what needs to be fix. Also mine was a pair but I didn't have time to get it right to get the eggs to hatch. Good Luck.
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The only problem with "just taking him out" as 99% of people would do, we can't physically get him out of the small openings in the top of the tank. It's difficult to explain without a photograph.

:cheers:
 
Will try to get pics of him and the new tank this weekend. Should we start a new thread?l
 
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