Hello mfk,
I purchased a gold pearl jardini 5" online. It was shipped thursday morning from california and arrived at my house in michigan at about 2:00pm. When I pulled him out of the box, he was laying there. He still had really good color. He was still breathing and would lunge when poked at. I realized that it could have been cold so i left it in my tank for about 2 hours. the temp was about 80 degree F. I also kept him in the dark. After hours of monitoring he continued to lay there breathing. To help him out, I put a bubbler hose into it. He is still the same condition. He tries to swim to the surface but everytime he gets tired and falls back to the bottom. I've seen him dart into the bag a couple of times. He still has the same color as when i pulled him out of the box. It just seems he's having a hard time swimming and staying afloat. I still have him in the bag and i'm not sure what to do.
I purchased a gold pearl jardini 5" online. It was shipped thursday morning from california and arrived at my house in michigan at about 2:00pm. When I pulled him out of the box, he was laying there. He still had really good color. He was still breathing and would lunge when poked at. I realized that it could have been cold so i left it in my tank for about 2 hours. the temp was about 80 degree F. I also kept him in the dark. After hours of monitoring he continued to lay there breathing. To help him out, I put a bubbler hose into it. He is still the same condition. He tries to swim to the surface but everytime he gets tired and falls back to the bottom. I've seen him dart into the bag a couple of times. He still has the same color as when i pulled him out of the box. It just seems he's having a hard time swimming and staying afloat. I still have him in the bag and i'm not sure what to do.
