URGENT! Need help with my dat

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Euge

Euge

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Hey everybody,

I just got a dat. But the thing is i'm visitng my dad at the moment and wont be able to go out until tmr afternoon sometime. So about 24 hours. No more probably less. Should i just leave him in the bag? Or take him out? My dad doesn't have a spare tank about but he does have a spare bath tub. The woman at the shop didn't really bag him up properly so the bag is kinda deflated and i'm scared it might be loosing more air... Thanks in advance
 
he bags i have are already pretty big. We asked for extra big bags so there could be more oxygen in the bag but because she tied it up all wrong the big bags full of air are useless. It was just a floppy bag with no air in it.

Anyways thank you fish room plus i'm doing as you advised.. I'm praying that everything goes right goes i've been dying for a dat for aaages...
 
Eugene, on a recent long trip just before shipping the fish I opened the bag and did the "super quick grab" method, so you have a bulbous bag full of fresh air. The fish was fine. Do that, he'll be fine.

Just sit it down, pull it up nice and tort, then grab around the top very quick and tie it, you'll have a bag full of air.
 
mexican wedding shirt said:
Eugene, on a recent long trip just before shipping the fish I opened the bag and did the "super quick grab" method, so you have a bulbous bag full of fresh air. The fish was fine. Do that, he'll be fine.

Just sit it down, pull it up nice and tort, then grab around the top very quick and tie it, you'll have a bag full of air.
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WOAH tripped me out for a second. coz the text loaded before your avatar did. i was like who the hell is mexican wedding shirt and how the HELL does he know my name!

After i took two cups of water out and put two in. HE"S FREAKING OUT.. All i can hear is splashing. BTW i am in china somewhere and i dunno how amazing the water is. Probably ****e. I'm going to put a couple drops of stress zyme in and see whats up. How long was the fish you shipped in the bag for btw?

Thanks for the advice..
 
24 hours, a drive to POrtugal, then overnight shipping to south portugal. It was the striata :D

I would not change the water at all, I think that's a bad idea. You're in another country, could be a big change in water chemistry, PH etc, with such a small body of water.

I don't think a presumably small dat is going to create enough waste in a day to die. Also did you not make his bag too cold?

The most important thing is temp. and oxygen, if I were you, just make sure he's warm enough and has enough oxygen in the bag :)
 
Thanks again joe. I put him in a thick black bag outside on the balcony he wont be in direct sunlight. The temp outside is about 28*C. So he should be fine. He's not jumping any more. I think it might of been the cold water i poured in. Anyways hope everything goes well tonight.
 
well its 11.30pm and nope. Dad just setup a brand spanking new planted tank. Has everything for the planted tank, co2 the works but no airpump. He's sitting in a bag now on my balcony. I figure when he was shipped over from where ever he was in a bag with other dats. Now its just the same but he's got his own bag. PRAY FOR ME!!!
 
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