Best way to remove a fish?

[DJ_Z]

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if there is an easier or safer way to remove a fish besides draining the water or having superhuman speed. I have a friend who is interested in the hobby and has set up a twenty gallon tank. As I've been helping him out, I was going to give him a Royal Gramma and Pajama Cardinal as starter fish that he's always liked. But I don't want to harm them or any of my other fish during the process.

What would be the best way to go about removing these two from the tank?

 

[Ted]

One trick that has worked for me is to place the net in the tank for a few days. Anytime you feed the fish feed them in the net, once they become use to the net then you can just net it.

 

[salt_for_brains]

This works sometimes http://www.reefcleaners.org/how-to-trap-a-fish

I have also had to drain my tank to catch a smart angelfish. None of my livestock suffered any ill effects from draining the tank and it only took about 20 minutes on a 90g tank.