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YouKnowBlev
Cliffs:
Have 4 fish I have to keep bagged for 24 hours before I go to the LFS tomorrow. Anything more I can do to assure their survival?


Long:
I bought some live rock off a guy getting outta the hobby. He has 4 fish that he said I could have and I agreed no problem knowing I could take them to my LFS for some credit.

So I get home with a cooler full of rock and the 4 fish. I start setting up my rubbermaid for the rock and catch the 4 fish after I get all the rock out. I then take each fish and put them in separate bags with the water they came in. I then put them in a cooler and head to the LFS no problems, yet. I get to the LFS and the place is closed. Damnit.

So I now have 4 fish in bags floating in the same tank my rock is baking in. I can't let them out of the bag because they'll go hide under the rocks and I won't be able to get them out. BUT, I can't take them to the LFS till tomorrow night. So, they'll be sealed in those bags for 24 hours. What can I do to make sure they make it through the next 24 hours or will they be totally fine and I'm overreacting.

The 4 fish are:

Diamond Goby
Firefish
Yellow Watchmen Goby
Diamond Damselfish

What do ya think?
Urchinhead
Pull as much water out as you can and put new water in OR get a tupperware container big enough to hold the fish and a small powerhead and heater. The key is temp and O2.
YouKnowBlev
Okay.

I did a "water change" in their bags at 5 and will do another tonight then one more in the morning. I dump out their bags and add some of the clean "fresh" water from the rock tank. The rock tanks water is their old water plus a 50% water change so it's good fresh stuff. Their temp will be right at 78 degrees all the time.
YouKnowBlev
QUOTE (YouKnowBlev @ Nov 10 2009, 09:24 PM) *
Okay.

I did a "water change" in their bags at 5 and will do another tonight then one more in the morning. I dump out their bags and add some of the clean "fresh" water from the rock tank. The rock tanks water is their old water plus a 50% water change so it's good fresh stuff. Their temp will be right at 78 degrees all the time.



Edit- I don't dump ALL of their water. I leave about 30% and add 70% fresh.

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