Did my wrasses will survive ? :-(

[JcK03]

Hi all.. I'm so sad to make this post... Long story short ;
I have ordered a pink streaked wrasse from a fish store in Ontario(I'm in Quebec) the package was ship and delivered in less than 24hours by FedEx overnight. When the package has arrive, I have open it up to find my little wrasse belly up,

with the impression that he was shaken during transport since his bag was lying on its side with soft bags of air which was supposed to fill the void in the box(cause the box was really really too big) but clearly this did not allow the bag to stay in place at all.

And the water in the bag was really cold.. I don't know why but right after taking pic for DOA warranty, I have decided to put the bag floating in my tank just in case.. after a few second he start to breath slowly and heavily.. I have setup a little 2.6g qt tank, fill with my reef water, a piece of live rock from my display, a little Sand bed from drysand I have in stock and an air stone. I had prime in the qt just in case, I have slowly drip acclimated the little guy than put him in the qt.
He barely swim over and there, but mostly laying on the sandbed..
I don't know if I can do anything else to help him to survive

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

I would just say hope for the best, but plan for the worst.

The fish is already showing signs of improvement, but it is still likely it wont make it.

IMO, you have done everything you can to help it. I dont believe there is anything that you can do to help it, besides trying your best to give it your best care.

Good luck.

 

[JcK03]

I would just say hope for the best, but plan for the worst.

The fish is already showing signs of improvement, but it is still likely it wont make it.

IMO, you have done everything you can to help it. I dont believe there is anything that you can do to help it, besides trying your best to give it your best care.

Good luck.

Thank you, I'm so sad, first time that something like that happens to me.. :-(

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

Thank you, I'm so sad, first time that something like that happens to me.. :-(

It really sucks how in such a short time, all of that damage was done.

Have you tried contacting the seller about the situation?

 

[JcK03]

It really sucks how in such a short time, all of that damage was done.

Have you tried contacting the seller about the situation?

Yes I have send them an email and pic/video right after opening the package, right after the delivery (I was home to receive it)

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

Yes I have send them an email and pic/video right after opening the package, right after the delivery (I was home to receive it)

That's good.

I hope they give you some form of refund, whether its a new fish, store credit, or a partial refund.

 

[JcK03]

That's good.

I hope they give you some form of refund, whether its a new fish, store credit, or a partial refund.

Hopping a partiel refund at least, cause I'll never order from them anymore, that was my first try and my last. The package was the worst I have ever see, poor fish.. his travel should be like the fish in finding Nemo shaking by Darla ‍

 

[vetteguy53081]

Some very familiar words used above.
At times, wrasses ship poorly and will appear on death row and bounce right back. This is where good acclimation will play a role and offer best chances of survival.
Did the LFS give you the bag fish was shipped in or exchanged water and re-bag it? It appears from your post - straight from shipping?

 

[JcK03]

Some very familiar words used above.
At times, wrasses ship poorly and will appear on death row and bounce right back. This is where good acclimation will play a role and offer best chances of survival.
Did the LFS give you the bag fish was shipped in or exchanged water and re-bag it? It appears from your post - straight from shipping?

Ship directly from the fish store to my home, so in the same bag same water only less than 24h.. water was cold cause the heat pack was put no matter how
And nothing to hold the bag and prevent it from shaking in all way

 

[crabgrass]

Some very familiar words used above.
At times, wrasses ship poorly and will appear on death row and bounce right back. This is where good acclimation will play a role and offer best chances of survival.
Did the LFS give you the bag fish was shipped in or exchanged water and re-bag it? It appears from your post - straight from shipping?

I had a Melanurus shipped to me a few weeks ago. Got stuck overnight and didn’t arrive until the second day (48 hours in a bag). It looked like it was on deaths door, but I slowly acclimated it for about 90 minutes. I gave it 50/50 odds.

It ended up hiding in the sand for a few hours and then bounced back 80% by the evening. By the next day they were eating anything I put into the tank along with Nori.

 

[JcK03]

I had a Melanurus shipped to me a few weeks ago. Got stuck overnight and didn’t arrive until the second day (48 hours in a bag). It looked like it was on deaths door, but I slowly acclimated it for about 90 minutes. I gave it 50/50 odds.

It ended up hiding in the sand for a few hours and then bounced back 80% by the evening. By the next day they were eating anything I put into the tank along with Nori.

That sounds encouraging, but mine for now don't even bury itself in the sand, just laying trying to survive and when he try to swim it's only one fin a time and turn around on itself head up head down .. don't know.. I'm so sad

 

[JcK03]

Update.. just passed out .. I'm really sad, was a strong guy but didn't make it

 

[crabgrass]

That sounds encouraging, but mine for now don't even bury itself in the sand, just laying trying to survive and when he try to swim it's only one fin a time and turn around on itself head up head down .. don't know.. I'm so sad

Well, when I got it, it was in no shape to bury in sand either. I am not trying to give you false hope, but sometimes shippers ship fish in stuff that slows their metabolism down. Which may seem like they are worse off than they are.

Also, wrasse can be really tough shippers in general

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

Update.. just passed out .. I'm really sad, was a strong guy but didn't make it

Oh no. I am so sorry.

Please know that this is not your fault. You did everything you could do to save it. This was the sellers fault.

 

[JcK03]

Oh no. I am so sorry.

Please know that this is not your fault. You did everything you could do to save it. This was the sellers fault.

Yea I know and I'm really in $#@@#$$+& a seller, a real fish store, can package and ship a fish like this.. it's make no sense to me..

 

[vetteguy53081]

Update.. just passed out .. I'm really sad, was a strong guy but didn't make it

Sorry to see. Never buy a fish out a shipping bag. Problem often is. . . . . Fish in shipped bags produce carbon dioxide and ammonia. The carbon dioxide lowers the pH of the water in the bag, That in turn makes the ammonia toxic to the fish. When you acclimate them, if not done just right, you drive off the carbon dioxide faster than you are diluting the ammonia. That raises the pH of the water in the bag, and that in turn, makes the residual ammonia very toxic to the fish. Sometimes, the fish will die right in the bag