Sorry,when I read that today the goonch was upside down I construed that it was dead...not too many fish come back from that though.I would have been highly pissed off had I received a fish in poor condition.That tells me that someone knowingly selected,packed and sent me a fish whose health or life was compromised and didn't mention anything about that to me prior to shipping it...not cool.
How should I handle this?
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Oh trust me. I was extremely upset but my first thought was too get the fish back to health.
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If you're interested in reading the original post when I first received the fish. Here it is http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=602897
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I think most of us know who the vendor is. Well first you don't want to ship a fish fat on food. They just defecate in the bag and kill themselfs. So it arriving on the thin side is normal. What did the vendor say when you first notified him of the condition. If he cannot replace it now did he say he would later or get a different fish. When I got my Goonch some years ago it too arrived upside down in the bag. Lucky for me it pulled through and lived.
I Think it's of a benefit to let everyone here know about the fish vendor. This can go either way , all ends well and we see how good of a vendor they are or, things don't go as planned and we as members become well informed of how a situation may turn out if we order from that vendor.
What are your tank dimensions and water parameters, are there tankmates? These questions are required after keeping the fish for a month.
Shipping a fish that is fat on food is one thing and of course it's normal to let it fast and purge its digestive tract so it has less waste for the water it ships in but even after a week of not eating a fish shouldn't be thin and frail...should it?
I think Ivan is probably one of the more experienced goonch keepers state side.
Good luck with the vendor and sorting this out.
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Whoops, thanks for the heads up. I hope all gets sorted out and you receive what you ordered.
He said thin not emaciated to me there is a difference. In his video he doesn't look emaciated to me. Emaciated is sunken body knive edged back. He doesn't look like that to me. As far as swimming they don't swim much just sit all day.
