Kevinmc Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 What is the longest that you can hold over inverts and fish after purchasing them? I am having time issues do to kids, and I just purchased this evening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Are you talking still in the bags? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defigart Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I have kept fish in the bags, packed with oxygen for 36 hours. I wouldn't go much longer. Inverts, (hermits, snails) for 48, packed with oxygen. I wouldn't go much longer. Doran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinmc Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 Thanks for the reply, I was just asking because I purchased 4 flame scallops, 1 arrow crab, 30 very small blue leg hermit crab, and 4 emerald crab. I bought them last night around 5 PM, and waited until I got the kid to bed about 10 PM. Then I started to aclimate all live stock and did so for about and hour. Well, everything is still alive except the 4 emerald crab. What do you think went wrong? My tank was se-up about a week ago, I skimmed my used live sanduntil it was clear. My live rock and live sand came for a tank taken down. Now odor was present, but sand was pretty dirty. This is why I vaccumed and skimmed the sand for a few day andcontinued to stir the sand about every few hours. The water is just a little cloudy in the tank, but in a secondary container it looks great. 1. Could this emerald crab have been sick? 2. What do I look for in the other inverts in the days to come? 3. Is this common with inverts. 4. Should I purchase from another shop, I do not believe these crab were in the shops water. The crab just arrived yesterday around noon, and I picked them up around 5 PM. I did not remove the crab from the bag when not sign of life was seen only 6-8 hours later, only water was transfered from bagged water, to my tank, and my tank to the bag. Thanks Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 So were all the crabs toast? And they all were dead in the bag? Am kind of confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinmc Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 Toasted Emerald Crab Yes, emerald crab did not make it. They only were out of the store about six hours. What could have gone wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister crabs Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 if it never made it out of the bag it was probably on its last leg to begin with. Usually shops will give you credit for something that doesnt make it into your tank alive but because you had a 5 hour window before you put it in the tank that probably isnt going to happen. Maybe they possibly neglected to put extra oxygen in the bag? Some places assume you are going right home and putting the livestock into the new tank and may skip this extra step. other than that I dnt know. usually any inverts I have purchased have been very hearty and forgiving of parameters such as temp, etc. HTH. -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Which shop did you get it at? did they bag it with AIR or OXYGEN? dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinmc Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 They where bagged in air, and they arrived yesterday and I bought them only 6 or 7 hours before trying to aclimate them to my tank. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Did you float the bags with the animals in your tank to keep the temperature up, or did the water get cold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinmc Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 I floated them in the tank, but, they stayed on their backs and I thought they were playing dead, but, dead they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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