FedEx lost fish-Found, now dying

edsbeaker · 08/02/2012, 11:38 AM

So yesterday I was supposed to get my delivery of 2 fish and it didn't show up. Making a long story short, a neighbor brought the package over in the evening. I thought the fish seemed all right, but now they are lying on their sides in quarantine, gasping like crazy. No ammonia, or nitrites detected. I put in some amquel just in case, though. I'm running an airstone right next to them, but hasn't seemed to help.

Is there anything else I can do to try and save them?

Dr Colliebreath · 08/02/2012, 02:31 PM

Good vendors normally use enough water so the fish can survive a few extra hours. Did you set your qt water to the same salinity as the water in the shipping bag? You dont want to be acclimating up in salinity more than a point or two.

I would leave the fish in the qt, dim the lights in the room, and give the fish time to bounce back with no further stress.

What fish and what vendor?

BigOldReef · 08/02/2012, 05:14 PM

If the fish seemed all right when they were in the bag, and when acclimating, then I would be worried that something might be Awry in your QT tank. Can you do a massive water change in the QT and then re-acclimate them to the new QT water ?

08/02/2012, 11:38 AM	#1
edsbeaker Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bartlett, IL Posts: 857	FedEx lost fish-Found, now dying So yesterday I was supposed to get my delivery of 2 fish and it didn't show up. Making a long story short, a neighbor brought the package over in the evening. I thought the fish seemed all right, but now they are lying on their sides in quarantine, gasping like crazy. No ammonia, or nitrites detected. I put in some amquel just in case, though. I'm running an airstone right next to them, but hasn't seemed to help. Is there anything else I can do to try and save them? __________________ Marilyn RedSea Max-E 260

08/02/2012, 02:31 PM	#2
Dr Colliebreath Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: DC Vicinity Posts: 1,813	Good vendors normally use enough water so the fish can survive a few extra hours. Did you set your qt water to the same salinity as the water in the shipping bag? You dont want to be acclimating up in salinity more than a point or two. I would leave the fish in the qt, dim the lights in the room, and give the fish time to bounce back with no further stress. What fish and what vendor? __________________ Frank Current Tank Info: 110 Oceanic RR w/35 gal sump and SRO XP2000 int

08/02/2012, 05:14 PM	#3
BigOldReef Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 517	If the fish seemed all right when they were in the bag, and when acclimating, then I would be worried that something might be Awry in your QT tank. Can you do a massive water change in the QT and then re-acclimate them to the new QT water ? __________________ 400g Reef - Geothermal cooling. 1100g Total System Volume. Deltec Skimmer. 5' Fluidized Filter. Ozone. Finicky Apex. 25+ years of reefkeeping experience- Hence I have done it all wrong at least 3x. Current Tank Info: 400g Display Tank