Advice On How To Get Fish Out Big Tanks

[JT-SCFC-1912]

Evening all,

Sometime tomorrow / this week, I would like to get 2 of my yellow labs & one of my firemouths (reasons store credit at LFS) problem is I am really rubbish at this! Lol.

I have a vision 450, which as you all know is a 4ft tank.

Anybody like to share how they catch fish in their big tanks, any advice?, don't particular want to be doing this all day

 

[CezzaXV]

One way of making it easier is to remove most of the water beforehand, so they've only got horizontal space to escape in and not vertical as well.

 

[Mikey1]

lower the water at least halfway,
 
remove ornaments as needed,
 
use a large net
 
i caught 2 small ID sharks in a 180 gallon tank a few days ago in less than a minute, without draining any water.....but the tank does not have many ornaments

 

[lock77]

I use 2 6 inch nets and slower corner the fish I wanna wrangle.

 

[JT-SCFC-1912]

That would prob be my back up plan, don't fancy lugging buckets of water lol

Gotta feeling that would be the quickest option tho.

 

[Mikey1]

That would prob be my back up plan, don't fancy lugging buckets of water

lol
 

 
get a python!
 
sit back and let it do the work for you!
 
i couldnt live without mine!

 

[Lunar Jetman]

When a feed my fish they pretty much all come up for the food. I have a net ready if I need to catch them, often I leave it resting by where I feed them. That way I can catch them out fairly easily.

 

[Wills]

Two nets is the way to go! As big as you can - remove some decor but not all - helps keep the other fish a little calmer. But multiple nets really help as you can block the path away.
 
My trouble is always tieing the knots in the bags lol I could never work in a fish shop....
 
Wills