UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- The Mystic Aquarium has taken in 550 fish, including three blacktip sharks, after a fish tank sprung a leak at the Mohegan Sun gift shop.

Divers caught the three sharks on Wednesday so they could be taken to their new home.

"Our goal was to keep our hands away from them. Anytime you saw our hands around their body, it was from half of their body back," said Kurt Harrington, a diver.

The move required a couple of divers, a team of support and significant planning.

"It's going well. We caught the shark in the first 10 minutes, which is a good sign," said Catherine Ellis from the Mystic Aquarium. "The next two will be the next challenge."

Crews next placed the sharks in shipping containers to transport them to the aquarium via a box truck.

Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Aleesha Chaney reported everyone involved has to move quick because as soon as the divers step in the aquarium, the countdown is on and time is of the essence.

"Once we are in the tank with them, we are beginning to stress them out. So, we want them to experience stress as short of time as possible," Harrington said.

Harrington, who has done this before, said he was not concerned for his safety -- even though the sharks do bite.

"One of the most important things was that they weren't hungry today," Harrington said. "So, when they did feel threatened let them go, let them away from you give them their space let them out of the stretcher if necessary."

It took a couple of tries, but the divers got the job done, and the three sharks made it to their new digs at the Mystic Aquarium.

The fish transported also included hippotangs, yellow tangs, unicorn tangs, cleaner wrasse, humbug damselfish, angelfish, monos, naso tangs, sergeant majors, clownfish, bannerfish, raccoon butterflies, anthias, purple tangs and a variety of freshwater African cichlids.