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Fish was shipped Friday for Saturday delivery and of course Saturday morning ups said was miss sorted. Whats chances of it being alive scheduled for before 12pm today. What should i do when it gets here if its alive.
Shipment delays Valentini puffer
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I am hoping it is fine. I would immediately open the bag, set it in the tank (keeping the top of bag out of the water) to temp acclimate and begin to drip acclimate. Or... empty the fish in a bucket/container and start drip acclimating it. It will be starved of oxygen.
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I wouldn't drip acclimate the fish. Follow this - https://drreefsquarantinedfish.com/acclimation-guide/
Everything I have read said float to temp and get them out of the bag asap as ammonia will start to increase as soon as the bag is opened. I never drip acclimate a shipped fish unless the vendor instructs differently and I still probably wouldn't.
On a side note I never have fish shipped any later than Wednesday for Thursday so a delay only adds 24hrs normally.
On a side note I never have fish shipped any later than Wednesday for Thursday so a delay only adds 24hrs normally.
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That is sad. I wouldn’t be too optimistic about its chances, but if it is alive, I would be concerned about the ammonia level in that bag. If the bag is left open, I thought that pH rises quickly and the ammonia becomes more deadly. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I think I would just drop the fish immediately into the tank, whether QT or DT.
EDIT: Sorry, about pretty much repeating what @exnisstech just said! I must have sent it just after he sent his.
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Should i be concerned about ich
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Should i be concerned about ich
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Ich is always a concern if you don't quarantine.
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He looks WAY better than I would have thought!!!! Strong fish!
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Never again, im going out of town next Thursday and my 4 yr old has been asking about getting a puffer for over a month and have been looking locally and couldn't find one. Well I did find one on way to work one morning went back in afternoon and was gone looking back i should have bought it an went back to pick up. So found a place called Salty Underground that would do Saturday deliveries and here we are.
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Yeah i thought he was dead at 1st then he spung in action. He was packed really good.
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Idk if thats possible with puffer i don't want bag water in my aquarium so im slowly adding and removing water in large Tupperware dish. I can't expose puffer to air.
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I love Puffers, have a porcupine in my mixed reef. I will have one in every tank I own( that is appropriately sized)
glad he is okay
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Nice when a shipper knows how to assemble a fish or coral for the trial by mail process.
Good on them!
Valentinis can be very prone to ich so be on the lookoutHes in tank exploring, thanks everyone for your replies and help.
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