fish catching

  1. waverider

    Catching Fish to Migrate them to a New Tank

    I have a new Reef tank ready to go standing by and I need to get about 5 fish out of my old tank. I've moved most of the rock out migrated it into the new tank which has been cycling now for over a month -ready to go. Now Im faced with getting the fish out of the old tank. The fish are a...
  2. Telperion

    Will a single fish prevent Brooklynella from dying out?

    Ok, this is probably a dumb question. I'm familiar with the lifecycle of brook, but i'm at my whits end. A month or so ago, I introduced a wild-caught clownfish into my ~75-gallon (not actually sure of the exact size) display tank. The store I got him from typically has a lengthy quarantine...
  3. sdreef

    Method for Quickly Catching Difficult Fish Out of a Large Reef Tank with a Net

    There are several techniques for catching a fish out of a reef tank. None of them are perfect or work equally for all fish, and many require time and patience. I have a 330 gallon mixed reef that's about 16 months old. In the past year, there have been a couple occasions where I've needed to...
  4. Diveks

    EMERGENCY Brookynella and i can’t catch the firefish

    several fish has started dying and i think it is brook. I got it from a mandarin i got. Of course i just plopped it in and thought everything will go fine. Well 3 fish died and now only 2 clowns and a firefish is left. The clowns are in horrible condition, still eating but skin is slouching off…...
  5. Isaac Swanagan

    Handling fish with your bare hands?

    Hello all, I’m having a debate with my coworkers at a fish store. What is the preferred method of transferring fish? Your bare wet hands or a net? Is difference on the impact of the slime coat for these different methods large? Please give me your opinion and the more sources the better. Thank you
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