display / show tanks... moving a mature angel fish...

[Magnum Man]

so, once I set up my 250 gallon, I think I want to include my exceptional "blue" zebra lace angel, that is adult, or close to it... what is the best way to move a fish like that, with minimum fin damage... I'll mostly be growing new fish in the big tank, but since I only want one angel, I'd like to move this exceptional one, from a tank that no one gets to see, to one being viewed by visitors...

 

[GaryE]

There's always a danger with mature angels, especially for the pectorals. I always used a very large net, and tried to get them flat before they left the water. I suppose you could also net them into a container at the tank, then dump all of it into the new tank.

 

[Magnum Man]

Mutt in the other tank eventually broke both it's long pectorals... but Blue looks like a show fish, and is currently perfect... sometimes bigger fish are actually easier to move, but I want to limit chances for damage... I was thinking a small plastic container, slightly larger than the fish, and a big net...
maybe float the plastic container in it's current tank for a few days, until it gets used to it??
but thought I'd get opinions from people that move them regularly...
not the best lighting, but taken this morning...

 

[Magnum Man]

I've been thinking about moving it, the new tank will be lots brighter, better to show of it's color, and this one likes to eat cardinal tetras, and I wouldn't mind adding those again to the tetra tank, that this fish is currently in...

 

[Back in the fold]

I would coax him into a jar or something and move him without netting him . It isn’t worth the risk netting him since he’s so nice .

 

[Magnum Man]

a wide mouth gallon jar might've a good ticket to fish paradise ( the 250 )