what a day....

[steelshade]

maybe they are lampreys

 

[Lambrakopoulos]

What species of fish?

 

[X-Tank]

oh no, did they make it?

did they make it

i hope they will be alright

yeah, they all made it. I almost had a heart attack, but I rather they had oxygen at that moment.

Sorry to hear that. I hope they pull through. Just a tip about the packaging: I know UPS actually trains their employees not to read anything on the packaging except for the actual UPS shipping label, so writing things like "Fragile" or "This side up" is useless. The package gets handled by many people while its in transit, so if its packed in a way that it can possibly get broken by anything other than extreme abuse, then the shipper is taking a gamble. UPS doesn't have any special fragile package handling service, so its best to assume its going to get beat up and plan accordingly. I would assume FedEx operates in a similar way.

If the package still has to stand with a particular direction upward, the best thing to do is to put the shipping label on the top side of the box. When they go down the conveyor belts, boxes are always placed label side up, because the scanning machines are above the conveyor. The package might still get laid sideways on the truck or wherever else, but at least when its getting sorted at a facility it will be right side up.

Thanks.
I have to thank the shipper using extra thick bag, double bagged them and used bag buddies. Fish were under sedation, and that probably and most likely the reason saved them.

What kind of fish are they?

Cichlid.

just a random guess but, armatus?

so whats in the bags james?

My tank is empty

 

[X-Tank]

.

 

[Omega007]

No more cichla?

 

[ceeej31]

frontosa, a breeding group

 

[X-Tank]

frontosa, a breeding group

ah.... too easy.

yeah, so after 10-15 minutes of intense oxygen bubbling, 4 of moba in that bag started to wake up and move around. I was sitting next to them and worrying the whole time. I am so glad they all do well, and actually eat already.

 

[iloveoscars702]

those guys are beautiful. never really showed interested in frontosas's until i saw these guys. very nice.

lol do always keep oxygen tanks laying around?

 

[jlnguyen74]

I'm glad to see they pulled thru for you James. Your day might start ugly, but ended well... Not like my day!

 

[neoprodigy]

hot!!