Transporting fish from auction to home ~3 hours

[dravyn]

Hi,

I'm thinking of the best way to transport the fish home from the auction. Should I;

1- leave the fish in the bags, in styrofoam boxes with a heat pack; or

2- bring some food grade buckets with fresh water and a battery powered air stone with a heat pack on the outside to keep them from dropping too much temperature?

Thanks,

Michael.

 

[Skippy]

I normally go for option 1 but I have supplies (extra bags, elastic bands, prime) on hand to rebag the fish if they aren't looking 100%.

[dravyn]

So would you just dose a little prime or do a 100% water change?

[yanke]

i leave them in there bags 

check them before it is over that way if there is some thing up u can fix it there 

but i have had fish in there bags for 24 hrs or more at times 

[dravyn]

Thanks! The furthest I've moved fish before is from my lfs down the road

[Skippy]

5 hours ago, dravyn said:

So would you just dose a little prime or do a 100% water change?

I'd only go for 100% fresh water in the bag if the fish were looking really rough or the water was fouled.  A few drops of Prime if I was opening the bag to put a bit more air in.  Mostly though I just leave them as is in the bag they came in.

[dravyn]

Thanks all

[Josh]

There was a time years ago that the big auctions would run until the early hours of the morning. I can remember bagging fish at 6am before traveling to Sydney, all day and evening at Auction and then get back home at 2am to float fish in the tanks.

 

The fish will be fine.