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vGoofy

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So I bought 2 fish online and got them overnighted well I thought the delivery was gonna be tmrw but I checked the estimated arrival and it is 4 hours before when I thought. So I will still be at school. No one in my house knows anything about fish except me so should I ask parents to get the fish out of the box and put it in a bucket with a air stone or should I just leave it in the box and hope for the best.
 
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So I bought 2 fish online and got them overnighted well I thought the delivery was gonna be tmrw but I checked the estimated arrival and it is 4 hours before when I thought. So I will still be at school. No one in my house knows anything about fish except me so should I ask parents to get the fish out of the box and put it in a bucket with a air stone or should I just leave it in the box and hope for the best.
Just get them to float the bag in the tank.
 
Depending on what you got and how many per bag you may want to leave the box closed until you get there. The box is dark and will keep aggression down. Once they are floating in the tank they will be more active. I have seen cichlid juvies tear each other up pretty good in the short time of acclimating fish from a new shipment. If the fish are all individually bagged you should be fine floating the bags.
 
V vGoofy ,
I believe the posters above saying to just float them until you get home is fine. They are going to be just fine in a bag for a few hours. No worries my friend.
 
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V vGoofy ,
I believe the posters above saying to just float them until you get home is fine. They are going to be just fine in a bag for a few hours. No worries my friend.
thanks my mom said they were both moving and looked goodstill but she said my oscar were attacking the bag and scaring them so she took the out and just out the back in the box which has a heat pad
 
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