Keeping My Fish Alive!

[caino]

hey im going to a fish store, its about an hours drive there and im going to get some new fish, i just wondered with the long journy is there anything i can do to keep the fish stress free on the journy home, such as how to maintain water temp and so on..... im stuck for ideas

 

[Qays]

hey im going to a fish store, its about an hours drive there and im going to get some new fish, i just wondered with the long journy is there anything i can do to keep the fish stress free on the journy home, such as how to maintain water temp and so on..... im stuck for ideas

keep them somewhere warm, and if your not driving, hold the bag up the whole way. so they have maximum space (and not a squashed bag)

Keep them in a dark area so they cant see whats going on, this will help prevent stress.

Thats all i can think of.

Im really lucky for having my lfs a 5 minuite walk away from my house! I walk there and back whenever i need to

 

[caino]

*jelouse* yea i cant drive yet stupid enlgish laws gotta be 17!! anywayz good ideas and err i have got a fish store like 15 mins drive but they dont have a wide variety of bottom dwellers, only ones that start small and grow hugggeeee, iv got a peopel carrier and my dad brought this like food cooler, heater box thing i suppose i cud put them in there and set the temp to 24 or somthing hmm..

 

[ArcticLancer]

There shouldn't be that much to worry about. What kind of temperatures are you looking at though? I can only see this being an issue in extreme circumstances.

However, I can give the suggestion that, if you have a cooler, it'll make a great container for the journey. It does a great job stabilizing the temperature if you put a few bottles of warm water in it, and it keeps things dark to keep the fish more calm. The fish bag can also be propped up if you're concerned about water depth or oxygen levels.

If you don't have one, blankets would probably suffice. They'd serve about the same purpose, just to a somewhat less extensive degree.

Either should work, but I suppose you can always wait around for other opinions. And on top of that, you could add the info of the concerns.

 

[caino]

ur probably rite nothing to worry about thanks for the advice

 

[Captain Retardo]

The main problem with long journeys is not having enough air, keep the bag in the cooler and once in a while open the bag and aerate it quickly, then quickly put it back in its dark place.

 

[caino]

my dads got a nifty device, its a hand held airpum, battry powerd with an air stone on the end, might come in handy

 

[Captain Retardo]

Oh, well there you go!

Good Luck

 

[caino]

cheers shud be ok

 

[ringham]

In the past I have transported fish in a bag for 3 hours, although this is NOT recommended to keep in a bag this long. Make sure they cannot see their surroundings also. Try and hold the bag up so that the fish doesn't get bumped everywhere even when you hit the tinyest bump.

 

[caino]

In the past I have transported fish in a bag for 3 hours, although this is NOT recommended to keep in a bag this long. Make sure they cannot see their surroundings also. Try and hold the bag up so that the fish doesn't get bumped everywhere even when you hit the tinyest bump.

will do! 3 hours is a long time!, ill take a brown bag to put the fish bag in then so they cant see

 

[brewyn]

hello there. I made a 4 1/2 hour journey two weeks ago to buy some cichlids, I bought 53 fish and then made the same journey back. I put them, and there bags, into fish boxes and i never lost a single fish. I had no air pump, heat pads etc. unfortunatly, due to the misjudgement of the size of my fish, the venustus picked off a couple on entering the tank, but the rest are fine and doing well.

 

[caino]

wow thats a long journy, suppose ill be safe then!

 

[brewyn]

you will be fine budd, keep the car heaters on and make sure those bags are tied properly, if your not getting many fish then put newspaper or something to keep them proped up and warm. i have made loads of journeys and the shortest has been 1 1/2 hours, only ever lost 1 tiny fish. good luck

 

[caino]

cheers, the journy was a sucsess, i got a little bunch of kuhli loaches to wiggle around lol