We need a sticky on fish transport

Magma · #1 04-12-2012, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by my2rotties

I am not disclosing details on who had the bought the fish. I told Brad I would back off now... If someone killed 5 of 9 of your personal pets, you would say the same thing. They did not even check on them throughout the trip and I was told they were dead when the pails were opened. It was a long trip they went on as well. I was shocked there were no battery operated bgubblers provided for the trip and I was disturbed over that. A friend that bought one of my show fish has him packed in a large cooler (keep in the heat) with a bubbler... that is how it should have been done. I should have never allowed them to leave here.

The guy that bought the fish was told what I thought...

Just curious but where the fish sold to people within the Calgary area? because I have done the trip to Bragg Creek numerous times and from my house in the NW of Calgary all the way into Bragg Creek takes me no more than 45min. I have had fish and corals from Edmonton to Calgary travel in bags with no air stone and been fine thats a few hours min. So how many hours did these fish end up staying in the bag/pail/cooler?

my2rotties · #2 04-12-2012, 12:31 AM

My prized fish went to Calgary and died on the way... I don't even want to talk about him.

The other ones went to southern Alberta.

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Originally Posted by Magma

Just curious but where the fish sold to people within the Calgary area? because I have done the trip to Bragg Creek numerous times and from my house in the NW of Calgary all the way into Bragg Creek takes me no more than 45min. I have had fish and corals from Edmonton to Calgary travel in bags with no air stone and been fine thats a few hours min. So how many hours did these fish end up staying in the bag/pail/cooler?

fishytime · #3 04-12-2012, 12:55 AM

perhaps you could go into a little more detail about the whole fish catching process.....something seems amiss here....Ive done the 3 hour trip to Edmonton several times with fish in bags with no heat or aeration and never suffered any losses....was the rock removed?....was the sandbed disturbed?

jorjef · #4 04-12-2012, 01:36 AM

Nine fish to one destination in pails...Were they salt pails or ice cream buckets? was there more than one fish per pail? I'm guessing they were transported inside a heated vehicle? and not the back of a half ton! I know these questions seem dumb but like Fishytime is saying there is more to this than the typical transporting of fish.

subman · #5 04-12-2012, 01:41 AM

Seems odd to me as well I bought fish and traveled over 3 hrs more than once with them in a pail or bagged never lost one.

my2rotties · #6 04-12-2012, 01:43 AM

It's not my fault, the fish were freaking amazing and healthy. A few canreefers have seen them and could not believe the condition they were in and how fabulous they were.

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Originally Posted by subman

Seems odd to me as well I bought fish and traveled over 3 hrs more than once with them in a pail or bagged never lost one.

subman · #7 04-12-2012, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by my2rotties

It's not my fault, the fish were freaking amazing and healthy. A few canreefers have seen them and could not believe the condition they were in and how fabulous they were.

I didn't at all mean to insinuate that. I'm sorry if it came across that way, I know you took amazing care and loved your fish to the extreme. I was just stating my experience's traveling with fish. Again I'm very sorry I truly meant no offence

Mike-fish · #8 04-12-2012, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by jorjef

Nine fish to one destination in pails...Were they salt pails or ice cream buckets? was there more than one fish per pail? I'm guessing they were transported inside a heated vehicle? and not the back of a half ton! I know these questions seem dumb but like Fishytime is saying there is more to this than the typical transporting of fish.

i think this one is directed to me. use an appropriate number of pails. these where 5 gallon pails from home depot i have 100 of them. multiple fish to the pail unless large or aggressive / active. yes they where in a heated van riding shotgun at that ( kept van a little warmer than i like to)

my2rotties · #9 04-12-2012, 02:03 AM

The way you wrote this makes it sound like you bought my fish and you were not the guy.

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Originally Posted by Mike-fish

i think this one is directed to me. use an appropriate number of pails. these where 5 gallon pails from home depot i have 100 of them. multiple fish to the pail unless large or aggressive / active. yes they where in a heated van riding shotgun at that ( kept van a little warmer than i like to)

jorjef · #10 04-12-2012, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by my2rotties

The way you wrote this makes it sound like you bought my fish and you were not the guy.

And no my comment wasn't directed towards him either..