If my LFS drove to a wholesaler to pick up fish they’d be a big a whole lot longer than overnight!Large volumes/priority shipping. Not just one small box that gets lost easily. Or they drive to the wholesaler themselves.
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If my LFS drove to a wholesaler to pick up fish they’d be a big a whole lot longer than overnight!Large volumes/priority shipping. Not just one small box that gets lost easily. Or they drive to the wholesaler themselves.
In that case he could drop them in the back of his van in plastic containers with heaters/airstones etcetera.If my LFS drove to a wholesaler to pick up fish they’d be a big a whole lot longer than overnight!
If that's how you feel, how do you justify participating in this hobby?.Animals are flown 15,000 miles and vast numbers of them die. This is a captive bred fish and the issues here are not related to shipping.In that case he could drop them in the back of his van in plastic containers with heaters/airstones etcetera.
Just don't leave a fish in a small plastic enclosed bag for more than 24 hours, it's animal cruelty and if it was up to me forbidden. It goes wrong too many times.
How do you think LFS get their fish?Reading such stories almost every day. i can't believe what we're doing to animals. Imagine being put in a box with oxygen for 24 hours and nobody is gonna get you out.
People, please drive to a lfs yourself.
They drive to Fiji, duh. With an air pump in the car. Gosh.How do you think LFS get their fish?
I wrote this already, lfs get their fish with large priority shippings, not just one small single box that gets lost easily.How do you think LFS get their fish?
We were talking about captive bred fish, smart guy. Fish you can buy in your own country if you didn't know that.They drive to Fiji, duh. With an air pump in the car. Gosh.
I justify participating in this hobby with aquacultured stuff, nothing from the ocean! It's as simple as that.If that's how you feel, how do you justify participating in this hobby?.Animals are flown 15,000 miles and vast numbers of them die. This is a captive bred fish and the issues here are not related to shipping.
But it comes in a box! With minimal water volume. Hard to justify. They ship with very little water because shipping costs are so high.I justify participating in this hobby with aquacultured stuff, nothing from the ocean! It's as simple as that.
Just came across this thread… my baby Biota Yellow Tang came looking the same as yours, minus the nipped fins. She’s been doing great and eating well. I feed her lots of nori, Spirulina brine shrimp, LRS Herbivore Frenzy, etc.
I have to say though, I haven’t been terribly impressed with Biota though. The first tang they shipped to me was lost after bad weather (IMO, they should have checked the weather before shipping as the giant snowstorm was all over the news) and while I know they have no control over UPS, it’s just a shame to know the first baby had such a sad ending. The package was never recovered as far as I know.
After reading several more threads here and articles in other places, it seems that many of their CB yellow tangs end up with HLLE. I’m happy to have my little guy but had I known about the HLLE issues prior, I probably would have held off on getting him. For now, I’m just going to make sure he gets all the nutrition he needs and get him as healthy as he can be. Maybe some of the scarring can be reversed over time.