How to Catch Transport and Acclimate your Aquarium Fish Correctly

[@tegannottelling]

Really Nice to have an Australia channel deadicated to Australian Native fish thank you.

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Your welcome! I'm glad you enjoy it! 🙂

[@jigglypuff57puff55]

I have a book from the 80s about keeping Australian native fish in captivity , it has a chapter on catching them.

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Nice!

[@TheNanoNerdz]

This video is the bible for wild fish keeping! Even the birds were gathering for this information haha Those Rhads are so pretty!!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Yes there are some nice rhads out there, Thank you! 🙂

[@footagemissing]

Great video, thanks for sharing and I look forward to more in the series. Ive only been bitten by the aquarium fish trapping bug this year and only very local to home. I'll def use these tips when I get back into it as the weather warms up. Cheers.

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Thanks for watching, I'm happy to help!

[@melissaafkrichardson9204]

Great video!! Thanks for making and sharing this awareness 👌🏻👏🏻

[@australianbiotopes4563]

I'm glad you liked it! I'm hoping it will help new comers into the hobby for years to come, I've seen a lot of people have trouble with re-locating, now if someone asks the question on your group you can just share the video, it gets a bit boring trying to explain over and over as you would know 🙂

[@IndoorEcosystem]

So many invasive species getting around! Brilliant video! It's really good to see a video on the entire process properly! Especially the collection laws/rules!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Thanks mate, I will be doing a couple of more of these in future, with some up to date stuff I use and showing more in-depth of how I keep them going in the bush for longer trips.

[@IndoorEcosystem]

@@australianbiotopes4563 Looking forward to it. I would love to see some videos on the invasive fish species in and around your area as well It seems a lot of people still release things back into the wild..

[@australianbiotopes4563]

@@IndoorEcosystem Yes, that's a whole other video for the future, it's amazing what turns up around the place, in the past in some places I've filmed it was hard to avoid them trying to make nice natural videos with the gate crashers.

[@Chinco_NL]

Thanks for the video. I'm so jealous of you guys. I live in a colder climate with no native fish for an aquarium. The more I enjoy your video and info!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Thank you for watching! 🙂

[@Danny_Walker1968]

All native fish no matter where you live is worth keeping and studying. What may be brown and boring to you is exciting to see for someone else. 35 years ago Australian Native fish were impossible to find in an aquarium shop. So much so I had a small shop and was considered the largest supplier of native fish in the country for a while. Also as a wholesaler I rarely had other shops buy natives except for Saratoga.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Great video. Love going collecting with you. Catching those utchees was a great memory

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Thanks mate! I can't wait until the weather gets warmer and we can do it again :)

[@snells-window]

Excellent video. Thanks very much Leo and Jason for sharing. Looking forward to more in the series

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Thanks mate! in later videos I will go more in-depth on sight as when we filmed it, it was winter, but I would also like to show some of the new technology and techniques I have used to make things even easier as well, the video was getting a bit long and I didn't want people to get to much info at once.

[@leooreilly6185]

I hope it helps!

[@AntisocialWanderer-jc9rp]

Fantastic video with some really useful info!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

We thought it was our responsibility as long time fish people to put out some real useful information on this subject, we see so many people catching fish and loosing them, it gets kind of upsetting after awhile, and it's not the peoples fault, just lack of knowledge and no real information out there, Thank you for your kind words.

[@scox7748]

One day Im going to go and get 8 blue eyes for my patio pond. Im going to come back to this video and take notes.

[@australianbiotopes4563]

There are a lot of good tips in this video, I was actually going to do another one after this one but never got around to it, I actually have a bit more of a sophisticated setup in my 4WD but that is just over kill really and once we did this one I thought this will get most out of trouble.

[@savis8067]

You can get some of those sorting tanks from petbarns, not THAT big but still come with those lids.

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Yes, some cheap shops have them to.

[@greggrover8247]

Some good tips Leo.

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Yes, secrets to success 🙂

[@leooreilly6185]

Thanks.

[@moartanks]

Thanks Leo and Jason! Good to see some info getting around for first time collectors. I'll have to use some of Leo's tips at the Northern NSW field trip in a couple weeks.

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Thanks for watching, yeah we got it out just in time then, we noticed even on some ANGFA trips people will go off one their own and catch way to many fish and by doing that they don't always fair well, so some good advice in this video to help, I will be doing more videos on this subject in the future as well in the field to show a hands on approach with some other techniques I use on longer trips as well that could be useful, I hope the field trip goes well for you and the other participants, Good luck!

[@leooreilly6185]

Hope it helps you!

[@eddiecochrane602]

Thanks for the info Leo, I didn't know you could acclimate fish to a new pH so quickly!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

I actually do it on my trips, I have a water tank in my vehicle that I keep filled with my local tap water so when I get home I can just put them into my tanks.

[@leooreilly6185]

It's definitely not a quick process!

[@UKFishCam]

Excellent video!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Thanks mate! I haven't done one for awhile, been busy.

[@UKFishCam]

@@australianbiotopes4563 come back with a good one!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

@@UKFishCam I will have some cool documentaries coming up, I haven't been able to do because I injured my back, now it's feeling a bit better again I can sit at the computer for some short bursts and hopefully get some done.

[@leooreilly6185]

Thanks

[@alisonphilp7497]

New sub and love it. Thanks

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Thank you Alison! I'm happy you enjoy my channel Thanks for subscribing 🙂

[@ronlafond5288]

That was terrific Jason, and Leo! Lots of fantastic information. Thanks you for sharing it. I'd love to see Leo's fish room . . . or is it rooms?!

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Thank you!

[@leooreilly6185]

Still haven't built the fish room. I have a few tanks in my shed, but 95% of my fish are outdoors. I showed my setup on an ANGFA Zoom meeting a couple of weeks ago.

[@ronlafond5288]

Thanks for getting back, @@leooreilly6185 . I do appreciate it. Maybe someday? Take care.

[@SA-xb7lx]

Hi Leo and Jason my husband and I are moving down to South Australia he kept rainbows for many years. the ones he has now he wants to take in the car. He was thinking of using a Esky with battery powered pump. on your video you had a styrofoam with a plastic heavy duty plastic bag which one would be better and safer for the fish the On the trip will be about 3-4 days will the Esky keep the water temperature stable over night he was thinking about bringing it into hotel or place that he is staying at sitting a heater in water...from Steve

[@australianbiotopes4563]

I actually use 20lt buckets with lids, I put a small hole in the centre of the lid and use a battery pump, I put the bucket into a styrofoam box and pack it in with towels, this will keep the bucket stable and just incase there is any water gets out, I fill the bucket to about 3/4 so it stops to much splashing around, if you have it in the car it can be climate controlled pretty much, you could take a spare heater with you for the stops at night if your in hotel rooms if your worried about the cold, it depends on the rainbows you have, one of the main things is not to feed them a few days before so they perg them selves of any waste so the water doesn't fowl up, in the warmer months I do the same thing but wet the towels to keep them cooler, I've even used ice wrapped in paper before as well, I was going to go into this further in future videos as well, I hope this helps, you can also use home brew style drums if you have anything like it, don't forget to add a little salt as Leo said and stress coat, it does help a lot.

[@leooreilly6185]

An esky with aeration would be fine. Just ensure it's full enough to prevent excessive sloshing

[@Xesyliad]

Great video, I’ll be travelling the cape and western qld to catch some rainbows and definitely need tips on transporting them home safely. One question, where do I get one of those aquariums for photographing the fish? I’ve checked the ANGFA websites but can’t find one selling them.

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Thank you! they normally have them at the meetings.

[@valeriyshylenko8527]

Useful advices for the Australian nature though wild fish acclimation is far more complicated process. Moving wild fish from pH 4 to pH 7.5 is a torture and crime

[@australianbiotopes4563]

These fish we are talking about do it from season to season, most Australian fish are used to large water changes and the majority are pretty tough, we aren't talking about fish that live in the same water generation after generation, people once thought this about Discus until they were bred extensively in Asia, this is why in the most part I don't bother putting PH. for Australian fish most can acclimate pretty quickly and a water way can go from being soft to hard depending on rainfall and season, some can even tolerate some salt or brackish water from tidal changes or wet and dry seasons.

[@F1shstuff]

Do you routinely treat for parasites? If so what do you use?

[@australianbiotopes4563]

I don't my self, I quarantine fish when I first get them and treat them but other then that if I move them I generally use salt in a bucket incase there is any damage, and keep clean aquariums, I've never seemed to have to many problems.

[@ziender]

How long can or should you leave fish in with the salt if you are traveling?

[@australianbiotopes4563]

The small amount of salt doesn't bother the fish, it is actually good for them, it can even be added to your aquarium, even in the wild there is small amounts of salt even in freshwater.

[@maurodoimo9235]

Like 10. 🐠🦈🐟

[@RubenNeil]

Nice spot, where is this?

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Collleges Crossing just west of Brisbane on the Brisbane River.

[@RubenNeil]

@australianbiotopes4563 oh I thought it was! I live just up the hill

[@australianbiotopes4563]

@@RubenNeil It's a shame it's so damaged after the floods though.

[@huangxuewei2909]

May I join you？ from melbourne

[@australianbiotopes4563]

I Always check my comments so if you are ever up this way feel free to join me, just let me know when you are around Brisbane 🙂

[@hcr32slider]

So can i go to say Bulimba Creek and bring home a purple spotted gudgeon?

[@australianbiotopes4563]

Yes if you can fish In the area and it's not a reserve.

[@hcr32slider]

@@australianbiotopes4563 thank you

[@hcr32slider]

I had to revisit this video after purchasing some rhads the other day off Leo. I thought he looked familiar. I really appreciate the sharing of knowledge. Thanks guys

[@australianbiotopes4563]

@@hcr32slider No worries mate, with his background he is a much better public speaker then I am and we saw the question come up on public media so often, now we can just share this if someone asks, I was going to do another video on it when I was in the field but he did a pretty good job of covering everything in this one.

[@hcr32slider]

@australianbiotopes4563 very detailed. He was very helpful with a few other questions I had. On a side note, I finally caught my first rainbows up near kilcoy last weekend. So cool to see them swimming around at home