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of these fish eating in less than 5 minutes of being in the tank. My only gripe would be they are really really small fish I knew they were small but these are like infants.... Sorry to hear about yours if I had to guess I would say maybe some crazy temp swings during shipping. My boxes were very hot inside even though they had cooling packs. The weather has been really hot then it rains and cools down 15-20 degrees here in miami.
there is always shipping stress even if things go perfectlyO.K., I just wanted to rule out shipping stress, wasn’t that though…..textbook shipment.
Jay
But not peracute, fatal stress. The gold standard is less than 3% mortality on routine shipments.there is always shipping stress even if things go perfectly
On Biotas site it does say they do not recommending drip acclimation just the float method so I would also assume 1.025 is the salinity. I just purchased a yellow tang from them I'm anxious to see the salinity now.I would bet that 95% of people here would say 1.025 not normal. Most fish vendors keep lower to save a lot of money on salt. But either way if yours was 1.025 when you got it then that is great. I assume you measured it yourself when you first opened the bag.
On Biotas site it does say they do not recommending drip acclimation just the float method so I would also assume 1.025 is the salinity. I just purchased a yellow tang from them I'm anxious to see the salinity now.
Ok out of curiosity post back hereOn Biotas site it does say they do not recommending drip acclimation just the float method so I would also assume 1.025 is the salinity. I just purchased a yellow tang from them I'm anxious to see the salinity now.
My arrival date is next Tuesday. Weather here in Delaware is supposed to be a high of 79 so I shouldn't have to worry temp a whole lot. I'm guessing they will ship with a cooling pack I'm not really sure. I have a 20 gallon QT setup and ready to go really hoping its not the size of a quarter when it arrives.When do you expect your YT... will be interested to find out if temp regulating measures were taken in your shipment (mine did not) and salinity level.
My tang is supposed to ship today and arrive tomorrow... nervously waiting on the tracking email now, took the day off work tomorrow to give it my full attention.
My arrival date is next Tuesday. Weather here in Delaware is supposed to be a high of 79 so I shouldn't have to worry temp a whole lot. I'm guessing they will ship with a cooling pack I'm not really sure. I have a 20 gallon QT setup and ready to go really hoping its not the size of a quarter when it arrives.
My original plan was to QT one or two other fish with it but maybe not due to their small size. I guess I could potentially QT a shrimp goby with it.I'm assuming it will be similar to my first one which was more along the lines of a half dollar size.
Oh no. I've never had a fish delayed, only corals. I've heard of fish surviving an extra day, so maybe it will be okay. Do you know where it was delayed? I had corals delayed at a location 2 hours from me, so I drove down and got them. Thankfully both FedEx and UPS know me as the fish lady, so they are pretty accommodating.Of course this would happen…
Oh no. I've never had a fish delayed, only corals. I've heard of fish surviving an extra day, so maybe it will be okay. Do you know where it was delayed? I had corals delayed at a location 2 hours from me, so I drove down and got them. Thankfully both FedEx and UPS know me as the fish lady, so they are pretty accommodating.
Well this stresses me out.... Hopefully everything works out. If mine doesn't arrive on time next Tuesday I'm screwed.Well correction, just got off the phone with UPS and it hasn’t even left KY yet and according to them won’t reach my hub until tomorrow morning.
horrible first experience for me ordering fish online for the first time not at Biotas fault at all but not sure I’m going to do this again. I’m now in the hole for the YT plus additional $35 shipping I paid for the replacement that will probably be DOA.
Well this stresses me out.... Hopefully everything works out. If mine doesn't arrive on time next Tuesday I'm screwed.