URGENT! Need help!!!

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Fishes33

Fishes33

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I was netting my catfish out, but his pectoral fin got caught in the net and now it's jam. It won't come out

What should I do????? I tried cutting the net, but there still pieces stuck onto the fin...

Any advice????

The fins are razor sharp with little hooks, it bleeds me when I tried to push it out >.<;;
 
what catfish? both my syndo occelifer and raphal cats got their fins caught in a net when i was transferring them to the other tank, the occelifer's fin was broken but it healed on its own eventually.
 
It's a sturio catfish

He's pretty stress, I can't free him from the net and there a piece of the net stuck on him too

:irked::irked::irked:

It even growl at me for taking him out of the water for too long >.<

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i did that to my synodontis many years ago when it got trapped in a net. had same problems with clown loaches too. and i had to snip the fins with a pair of scissors. it hurt the fish, but had to be done. after a week the fins grew back and i never tried netting catfish with a mesh net ever again.
 
DONT SNIP THE FINS, CUT AWAY THE NET AROUND THE FINS AND LEAVE IT BE FOR AWHILE THE EXCESS NET WILL COME OFF EVENTUALLY!
 
He got a little torn fin at his right side (didn't snip it), but I did managed to free him

;)

He's very stress and swimming vertically >.<;;

:WHOA:
 
Fishes33;3752549; said:
He got a little torn fin at his right side (didn't snip it), but I did managed to free him

;)

He's very stress and swimming vertically >.<;;

:WHOA:
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congrats maybe add a lil aquarium salt and deff put the temp at 82-84 ;)
 
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