EMERGENCY New arrival congi is dying.

[the lion who ate the sun]

He was removed after repeatedly rolling onto his back. The bucket has my most effective airstone and a heater.

The bv endli is now hunting ghost shrimp. He almost just got one. Already proving to be highly active and energetic. That blows my mind. I pulled him out of the box and was 100% sure he was dead. Not three hours have passed and he's already fine tuning his abilities to hunt and kill inverts. If that doesn't say '100 million years of refusing extinction' I don't know what in the hell does. What a mind blowing species.

Appeal to your gods for my congi. If he dies I'm going to feel like hell. He would've been fine in the wild. But thats how it goes, isn't it? We love them because their world is incomprehensible to us. We are transfixed. And thats just how it goes. We're on top of the chain this time around, and so we do what we want. Sometimes because it stimulates us and sometimes because we can. Even if it is sometimes a cruel thing. Its really just a chilling reminder that among species who can understand what it means to have clean hands, there are no clean hands. The others tear each other to pieces day in and day out and there is never any dirt. Its not like that for us. I don't want to know what it means.

 

[the lion who ate the sun]

I think he's gone. Hasn't moved since being put into the hospital tank. Fortunately the seller is going to send me a new one. I'll wait until tomorrow to pull the plug. Who knows, maybe he'll come around. Thanks for the advice guys.

 

[kno4te]

I think he's gone. Hasn't moved since being put into the hospital tank. Fortunately the seller is going to send me a new one. I'll wait until tomorrow to pull the plug. Who knows, maybe he'll come around. Thanks for the advice guys.

Sorry. Glad to hear the seller is going to fix the issue!


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[Dr.B]

update?

 

[Askaleymanfish]

My first congi and volta I ordered did this exact same thing! Neither made it


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[mikehagan]

I will never receive shipments in the winter again after i lost my big PBB last february. I dont know how cold it is in georgia but shipping large fish is difficult to do.

I hope the new one arrives in a better condition. I doubt it was the sellers fault. I have never had a shipment without problems. Everyones nose is always busted, water got too cold, etc. Most problems arise due to the poor handling in transit. You'd think people would read the box...

 

[predatorkeeper87]

what's the point of moving him back and forth and salt bath's. what is salt bath going to do? I think all it do is make it worst. all you are doing is stressing and shocking the fish even more. When my 9'' scat came, it was upside down in the bag & floating. I thought it was dead. sometimes shipper's use bag buddies or liquids to sedate the fish so it will go crazy during shipping so it might look dead or is not moving.

Anytime im going to get a shipment of fish in the mail esp in the winter time, i lower my tank temp min which is 70's... this way, there won't be a big difference between the tank temp and water in bag temp. too much of difference will shock it.

I usually just dump the fish in the tank with lights off or use the drip method to acclimate the fish. leave the fish alone and it should be fine.

Salt promotes gill function therefore the salt bath would most certainly help. A fish going from cold to warm isn't going to experience shock like a fish going from warm to cold so lowering your tank temp isn't doing much of anything.


anyways...OP I'm sorry you had to experience the unfortunate events of nearly DOA fish...I've been there as well. I just had a central stoneroller and coosae bass delivered...very similar situation...both floating...but the bass was DOA with no hope. THe stoneroller however once dumped in the native tank was fine after about 30 minutes in the still cool but not freezing water.

 

[Thekid]

Was this the eBay seller you told us about In a previous thread?


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[the lion who ate the sun]

Was this the eBay seller you told us about In a previous thread?


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In fact, it was. And is, of course. He is sending me a new one on Friday. Really cool guy. We communicated throughout the entire process. The Black Volta Endli looks great. He has Y bars all along his right side, and a complicated, high contrast pattern on his face. Now if I can get my Faranah Lap to leave him the hell alone, maybe he'll darken up and settle into a slick caramel color.

 

[Thekid]

In fact, it was. And is, of course. He is sending me a new one on Friday. Really cool guy. We communicated throughout the entire process. The Black Volta Endli looks great. He has Y bars all along his right side, and a complicated, high contrast pattern on his face. Now if I can get my Faranah Lap to leave him the hell alone, maybe he'll darken up and settle into a slick caramel color.

Sounds like a great guy.
Good luck with the next one.


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