Re: [Killietalk] Breather bag question

[Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net>]

"Ron @ CCK" <ronwill at starhub_net.sg> wrote:

>
> From: "David Ramsey" <djramsey at earthlink_net> Now for the
> question. I have been told that floating this bag in the tank will
> kill the fish because the bag can not breath. Is this true? What do I
>  tell the person I ship fish this way to as far as getting the fish
> changed over to a regular tank?
>
>
> David, I acclimatize breather-bagged fishes in another container,
> like what Chip and Tony do, and water from their new home is
> slow-dripped, via an air-tubing line with a plastic ball valve (used
> in drip irrigation). Never tried floating, so I can't comment but
> don't forget the lid... some fishes can jump.

I can testify that trying to float breather bags, filled to the top, 
will quickly suffocate fish. In an early mishap with them, I received a 
beautiful young breeding group of wild Rams in them. Floating killed 
them all in just a few minutes. :-( We didn't know then, what we know 
now, and Kordon's warnings were feeble (or not even present?) at that time.

Subsequently, I swore off of them when I saw the streams of water caused 
by the spines of a small chicklet that had just been bagged. Newer bags 
are much, much tougher than those early ones, so I finally bought some 
to try again. [I might still be nervous about any grown fish like 
chicklets and catfish that have sharp rigid fin rays. *J. floridae* is 
the only killy known to have those.]

My current gripe, and it is a significant one, is that the already poor 
transparency is greatly aggravated by unreadable, tiny blue printing all 
over the bags. It makes seeing when a fish is in distress almost 
impossible. Why won't they sell us small unprinted bags?

For aclimation, I have found a simple half-hitch knot in a vinyl airline 
is even easier to adjust to a small drip than a valve. It also means I 
don't have to go look for a valve. :-)

Wright

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