Transporting fish

[grayskwerel]

How do you prefer to transport fish when picking up from someone other than a store? 5 gallon bucket... plastic bag... do you use an aerator... put a small piece of live rock with it?

 

[crewdawg1981]

Plastic bag or tupperware...

 

[cr500_af]

Rock would just be an injury hazard IMO. Aeration is only a factor if it will be bagged for a long time.

I just got a Naso that spent 12 hours in a stryofoam shipping box during a system teardown and drive from SC, and he was just dandy when I got him home. Didn't even seem stressed.

 

[jef4y]

bagged in a styrofoam cooler.

 

[ripped tide]

BYOB: Bring your own bag!

 

[cr500_af]

JeF4y;626467 wrote: bagged in a styrofoam cooler.

And if it is a tang, either use very heavy bags, or double them, preferably both. Some clip the scalpels to a blunt end; I'd rather not do that much handling of a struggling fish.

 

[gnashty]

I use a bucket or styrofoam box