Outstanding learning video. A few other things I have learnt bagging fish..... 1) sometimes you want a double bag and sometimes you want say newspaper between bags just to make the transport even less stressfull for fish. Marine fish can be spiney! 2) some bags dont have rounded corners, and this may put a fish at risk of injury if they are in a corner and it gets squashed by the bag being placed down a certain way. So some bags its worth taping the corners. 3) the trick you see Cam do where he rolls down the bag to create a "floaty" before placing bag in aquarium is more important than it looks. It has many uses but is super useful for holding bags open during fish transfers, and during acclimatization. 4) when it really matters, consider using double rubber bands, this gives you some insurance if one breaks. 5) different guage nets have different speeds, but faster coarser nets are are more likely to damage fish eyes and slime coat. Using a slow large soft fine net as a blocker/trapper and a smaller fast coarse net as a chaser works well for me. 6) Some fish are easier to catch after lights out when they are sleeping, tactical ninja style. 7) fast fish are weak to slow net tactics and slow fish are weak to fast net tactics. Often a fast fish will just swim into a slow or stationary net if given half the chance. 8) be super careful not to crush fish heads when you bring net against glass..... its a bad end to the effort. 9) if a fish gets a fin caught in a net, always cut the net and never the fish!!!! 10) If its a clever fish...... dont let it see you through the glass holding the nets!!!! Be stealthy and approach tank with them behind your back. Sometimes it helps to not make eye contact with target fish either. With difficult and already spooked species surprise can be important to a quick capture :)
Hi great video Cam!! Exactly what i was needing to see!! Just also wanted to know what was the best way/options either what sort of nets or containers for tangs would you use? Cheers
Thank you so much for sharing this helpful skill. I accidentally hurt my pet fish's fin during a stressful netting. I wish I could have seen this video much earlier to avoid harm.
We usually use oxygen regardless of how long the fish is in the bag, however anything over an hour and it’s definitely important. We use medical grade oxygen which is a higher concentration than air, but far from pure. Cam
We do normally double-bag. I often use newspaper between the bags for fish with spines or sharp teeth, but I’ll probably cover how I do that in a future video. Cam
They aren’t particularly easy but we are lucky that they’re found close to us. I think the biggest problem is that they don’t travel well, and don’t recover from the long trip overseas. They’re actually a pretty cheap wrasse here. Cam
Wish I could get a choats Wrasse for 75$ aud here in the states! They're rare and very expensive here, you aussies are spoiled with the selection of animals you can get for the aquarium! Lol great video!
Hey, another great video! Would you please consider doing a video on GHA management? I'm battling GHA and can never seem to get it under control. Its ruined the hobby for me because I can't get my tank looking the way I had envisioned. I made the difficult decision to take my setup down because I've lost interest in the hobby due to the GHA. Perhaps your expertise could help me to save the tank and my fish!
I would add a tuxedo urchin for bad GHA but that’s like a plaster. It may heal, it may get infected and get worse. You could also try a bristletooth tang as they are a serious clean up crew for algae. The best thing to do when you can’t figure it out yourself Is to do an ICP test. That will point you towards the imbalance, but the biggest thing for algae is normally TDS above 0, then maybe high no3 and po4 coupled with too much light and not enough flow/ nutrient export. Every tank is different so I don’t think a video would be a solution to your problem. You need to tackle it from every angle to get to the bottom of it. The starting point is the icp as it will give you a baseline and target to work with. My money is on the water source tbh. I’m testing this theory at the moment and so far (touch wood) no GHA yet on month 6 of this build. The major difference with the new build is my water source and a blue eye tang coupled with a heap of snails and it’s like night and day compared to my last tank where I was battling dinos after 3 weeks. Ultimately GHA killed my last tank and I’ve spent the last year making sure it doesn’t happen again. There is no magic pill to this game but from my own experience, fix the real problem first and then add something that will help you clean up the mess and keep it under control. The alternative is to just add chemicals but either way the only way to get it out of the tank is physical removal. The issue with that is the algae is binding up the no3 and po4, so when you remove too much too fast, these levels can rise sharp and cause a chain reaction which causes the algae to come back even worse! This is all a learning game and sometimes the same “trick” won’t work on 2 different tanks. TLDR: Get an icp test, fix your water and add a tuxedo urchin and bristletooth tang. Few big snails can also work but if you have lots of frags like me, that could be an issue! Best of luck with it and keep going, you will figure it out!
@@donovanteale6502 that’s the name of the game, however don’t focus on being perfect or you will drive yourself insane. Just keep everything in range and as stable as possible
I caught an Angel out of my display tank recently using the method I did at the end of the video with the cleaner wrasse (bringing it to the top with food and a quick single swipe). However every situation is different, and I typically recommend fish traps. Cam
Aussies are always so damn badass. Cars, plants, animals, fish. I wish u guys still had guns you guys would be showing us some badass shit. Cheers brutha 🍻
Outstanding learning video. A few other things I have learnt bagging fish..... 1) sometimes you want a double bag and sometimes you want say newspaper between bags just to make the transport even less stressfull for fish. Marine fish can be spiney! 2) some bags dont have rounded corners, and this may put a fish at risk of injury if they are in a corner and it gets squashed by the bag being placed down a certain way. So some bags its worth taping the corners. 3) the trick you see Cam do where he rolls down the bag to create a "floaty" before placing bag in aquarium is more important than it looks. It has many uses but is super useful for holding bags open during fish transfers, and during acclimatization. 4) when it really matters, consider using double rubber bands, this gives you some insurance if one breaks. 5) different guage nets have different speeds, but faster coarser nets are are more likely to damage fish eyes and slime coat. Using a slow large soft fine net as a blocker/trapper and a smaller fast coarse net as a chaser works well for me. 6) Some fish are easier to catch after lights out when they are sleeping, tactical ninja style. 7) fast fish are weak to slow net tactics and slow fish are weak to fast net tactics. Often a fast fish will just swim into a slow or stationary net if given half the chance. 8) be super careful not to crush fish heads when you bring net against glass..... its a bad end to the effort. 9) if a fish gets a fin caught in a net, always cut the net and never the fish!!!! 10) If its a clever fish...... dont let it see you through the glass holding the nets!!!! Be stealthy and approach tank with them behind your back. Sometimes it helps to not make eye contact with target fish either. With difficult and already spooked species surprise can be important to a quick capture :)
You make it look so easy Cam well done, great topic & skills to pass on 🙂
Thanks Kerry😊
This is really helpful! I work part time at a pet store and have had the HARDEST time catching the fish!
I’m really glad to hear this. This is exactly why we did this video. Cam
Wow that choati was so chill, basically would have swam into the net for you.
Yeah, it was a bit of a boring choice for a fish to catch. Cam
Haha cool video and very easy in the shop tanks not so in a large 6ft stocked out
That is definitely true😂
Great vid! Any tips on catching a small royal gramma that loves to hide in my rockwork?
nice video really helpful
mate great video, ive never seen this done on youtube,
Good vidéo 👍
Hello watching from the Philippines 👋
Hello from Brisbane😊
Hi great video Cam!! Exactly what i was needing to see!! Just also wanted to know what was the best way/options either what sort of nets or containers for tangs would you use? Cheers
I use the fine nets for tangs. It’s pretty rare they get their scalpel caught in nets but I do it just to be sure. Cam
Thank you so much for sharing this helpful skill.
I accidentally hurt my pet fish's fin during a stressful netting. I wish I could have seen this video much earlier to avoid harm.
Great video ! When is required to use oxygen instead of air? How many hours trip? What is the oxygen concentration in the mix?
We usually use oxygen regardless of how long the fish is in the bag, however anything over an hour and it’s definitely important. We use medical grade oxygen which is a higher concentration than air, but far from pure. Cam
No double bagging, just in case?
We do normally double-bag. I often use newspaper between the bags for fish with spines or sharp teeth, but I’ll probably cover how I do that in a future video. Cam
How have u guys done keeping the chaoti wrasse thriving? We've had issues with them and def not a cheap fish as well! 😆
They aren’t particularly easy but we are lucky that they’re found close to us. I think the biggest problem is that they don’t travel well, and don’t recover from the long trip overseas. They’re actually a pretty cheap wrasse here. Cam
Wish I could get a choats Wrasse for 75$ aud here in the states! They're rare and very expensive here, you aussies are spoiled with the selection of animals you can get for the aquarium! Lol great video!
They occur naturally in the wild just north of where our shop is😊
Hey, another great video! Would you please consider doing a video on GHA management? I'm battling GHA and can never seem to get it under control. Its ruined the hobby for me because I can't get my tank looking the way I had envisioned. I made the difficult decision to take my setup down because I've lost interest in the hobby due to the GHA. Perhaps your expertise could help me to save the tank and my fish!
GHA sucks. Have you tried continuum Equation M? Cam
I would add a tuxedo urchin for bad GHA but that’s like a plaster. It may heal, it may get infected and get worse. You could also try a bristletooth tang as they are a serious clean up crew for algae. The best thing to do when you can’t figure it out yourself Is to do an ICP test. That will point you towards the imbalance, but the biggest thing for algae is normally TDS above 0, then maybe high no3 and po4 coupled with too much light and not enough flow/ nutrient export. Every tank is different so I don’t think a video would be a solution to your problem. You need to tackle it from every angle to get to the bottom of it. The starting point is the icp as it will give you a baseline and target to work with. My money is on the water source tbh. I’m testing this theory at the moment and so far (touch wood) no GHA yet on month 6 of this build. The major difference with the new build is my water source and a blue eye tang coupled with a heap of snails and it’s like night and day compared to my last tank where I was battling dinos after 3 weeks. Ultimately GHA killed my last tank and I’ve spent the last year making sure it doesn’t happen again. There is no magic pill to this game but from my own experience, fix the real problem first and then add something that will help you clean up the mess and keep it under control. The alternative is to just add chemicals but either way the only way to get it out of the tank is physical removal. The issue with that is the algae is binding up the no3 and po4, so when you remove too much too fast, these levels can rise sharp and cause a chain reaction which causes the algae to come back even worse! This is all a learning game and sometimes the same “trick” won’t work on 2 different tanks. TLDR: Get an icp test, fix your water and add a tuxedo urchin and bristletooth tang. Few big snails can also work but if you have lots of frags like me, that could be an issue! Best of luck with it and keep going, you will figure it out!
I solved mine but focusing on getting conditions perfect for coraline, rather than fighting the GHA. I did have blenny help tho
@@donovanteale6502 that’s the name of the game, however don’t focus on being perfect or you will drive yourself insane. Just keep everything in range and as stable as possible
@@NoelG-IRE basics and consistency ftw. Doesnt hurt having someone like Cam in your corner either to work out a battle plan
I want to see how to net a fish from an aquarium like at 12:43
We’ll do a video on that one day. Usually a fish trap is the best option. Cam
@@GalleryAquaticaTV thank you Cam. Will be looking forward to that 🙂
Good vid Cam, you havent dont that much eh mate ;)
Lol, first time catching a fish😂 Cam
I am disappointed, I was hoping to see Leatherman in this video!
What are your techniques to catch a fish in a established reef tank?
I caught an Angel out of my display tank recently using the method I did at the end of the video with the cleaner wrasse (bringing it to the top with food and a quick single swipe). However every situation is different, and I typically recommend fish traps. Cam
This was a lot of blablblab just to get past the 10 minutes mark.
Feed a man a fish...
Aussies are always so damn badass. Cars, plants, animals, fish. I wish u guys still had guns you guys would be showing us some badass shit. Cheers brutha 🍻