Hi,
Today I moved my tank from the living room up to my bedroom. Took all day, got the tank all set up and up to temperature. Acclimatised my inverts and fish (clown and a bicolour angel) then went to net them out of the bucket they were in and put them in their new home.
Clown went in no problems, but then; disaster. Netted the Bicolor, quickly transferred him to the tank. Except, he was trapped in the net! One of the thin fins below his mouth; like 0.4mm thin had went through the thin mesh of the net, and he couldn't swim free. He was trapped by the head in the end of the net.
This was so distressing for me, and especially for him. He was trapped not able to move for about 10 minutes whilst I battled to seperate him from the net (I hoped he could free himself with a little help) In the end, to save his life I had to actually grab the fish with my hand, and unthread his fin from the net. (not for the squeemish, he was kicking like mad)
He shot off into the liverock, and is hiding. He hasn't ventured out, and I don't blame him. He's going to be very stressed, on top of moving to a new aquascape. I'll update with his health as soon as I can.
Now, I know this is obviously a very rare occurance, but I urge extra care to anyone using nets to catch marine fish. In the future, it's going to be fish traps and tubs. This was awful.
JJ
Today I moved my tank from the living room up to my bedroom. Took all day, got the tank all set up and up to temperature. Acclimatised my inverts and fish (clown and a bicolour angel) then went to net them out of the bucket they were in and put them in their new home.
Clown went in no problems, but then; disaster. Netted the Bicolor, quickly transferred him to the tank. Except, he was trapped in the net! One of the thin fins below his mouth; like 0.4mm thin had went through the thin mesh of the net, and he couldn't swim free. He was trapped by the head in the end of the net.
This was so distressing for me, and especially for him. He was trapped not able to move for about 10 minutes whilst I battled to seperate him from the net (I hoped he could free himself with a little help) In the end, to save his life I had to actually grab the fish with my hand, and unthread his fin from the net. (not for the squeemish, he was kicking like mad)
He shot off into the liverock, and is hiding. He hasn't ventured out, and I don't blame him. He's going to be very stressed, on top of moving to a new aquascape. I'll update with his health as soon as I can.
Now, I know this is obviously a very rare occurance, but I urge extra care to anyone using nets to catch marine fish. In the future, it's going to be fish traps and tubs. This was awful.
JJ