why all the "wilted" fish???

[Magnum Man]

so over the last year, probably 1/2 of the fish I've ordered on line, from nearly every reputable seller, as been "droopy" when they arrived... many different species, and different sellers... particularly bad, have been sail fin mollies, ordered from 4 different sellers... I've been really struggling with that tank... there are a pair of vibrant and thriving super red plecos, and I have brought back one green wild type male, sail fin that is eating good, and starting to look pretty good, and there is a dalmatian sail fin, that looked pretty good when it arrived... this is out of maybe 25 males and females... the fish from Dan's ( several ) looked more filled out, but all proceeded to die in one week...

but it's not just mollies... both paradise fish I recently bought, both came in droopy, as well the last panda garras... fortunately the yellow acaras looked pretty good...

it just seems strange to have so many varieties, from so many sellers, it makes me feel like it's my tanks, yet there are thriving fish n these tanks???

 

[Back in the fold]

They’re stressed from their ordeal of traveling the entire English countryside in a styrofoam box and not getting fed and being cooped up in the dark that whole time and being bounced and turned over like a carnival ride . And how about the temperature going up and down and down and up and water conditions changing at every stop along the way from breeder to wholesaler to retailer and finally to you . And how about the indignity of swimming in your own you know what that whole time ? Count yourself lucky they don’t jump at you and throttle you when you open the box .