Blue water bagging

[Jefft]

At our last meeting/auction I saw a couple of bags on the table containing fish and blue water. I know from my shipment of fish from Dave's the blue water is created through something that highly enriches the oxygen levels in the water. I am thinking of tanking the yellow lab and rusties I have which are mature enough to move out to the ECC auction. So what is used to create the blue highly oxygenated water and where can I buy it? Anyone?

 

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Bag Buddies

Ask for/search for them by name. Francine swears they work for hangovers as well.

 

[Jefft]

laughs.. for hangovers?? laughs and shakes my head... Ok cool bag buddies it is.

 

[verbal]

Historically people have used bag buddies, but I think they are no longer manufactured. I think Ship Shape is the most common replacement. It is carried by Ken's Fish and Jehmco.

Ship shape mainly controls ammonia and inhibits infection rather than increasing oxygen.

 

[jonclark96]

Bag buddies are a shipping additive that are supposed to sedate fish and bind ammonia. I'd be careful using them with small fry. IME, the sedative is too strong. With larger fish, they work well.

I've heard that they aren't being produced any more, so it may be harder to find than you think. There was a thread a week or so ago about the stuff Kensfish is selling as an alternative. It was the thread where folks were trying to figure out how to measure a gram of powder without a scale.

 

[jonclark96]

Jesse types faster than I do.

 

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Jesse types faster than I do.

I think I started earlier. Sam actually beat me to getting the first response.

 

[Tony]

Another option that works well, especially for smaller of more fragile fish is called Poly Filter. It is a treated pad meant for mechanical filtration of tanks. There is a chemical on the pad which binds ammonia.

Whatever you use, a good leg-up to give a bagged fish is to use fresh, temperature-matched, dechlorinated tap water. Adding water from the tank is a wives tale and is only detrimental to the health of the fish.

 

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Speak for yourself

Another option that works well, especially for smaller of more fragile fish is called Poly Filter. It is a treated pad meant for mechanical filtration of tanks. There is a chemical on the pad which binds ammonia.

Whatever you use, a good leg-up to give a bagged fish is to use fresh, temperature-matched, dechlorinated tap water. Adding water from the tank is a wives tale and is only detrimental to the health of the fish.

Does Maria know you're bad-mouthing wives again? At least you left off the "old" part tis time, suppose that counts for something.

Maybe the water in your tanks is detrimental to fish, I'm sure I have no idea, but I suppose it depends on whose tanks we're talking about, neh? In any case, the unquestionable virtues of fresh water aside, anything that binds ammonia has to be a good thing. As is not feeding your fish the day before they're bagged and transported - ounce of prevention and all that.

I am impressed with breather bags although they tend to be a little moist/leaky/sweaty. Had a bag of juvenile fish misplaced by the post office last year and even after 12 days and in very little water during the heat of summer they were still alive. Sort of amazing...

 

[todda]

Just don't feed your fish for a few day prior to bagging them up. Then they won't pee in the bags, and you won't have to worry about ammonia. I had someone send me fish a few months ago with bag buddies and 8 out of the 9 were dead. The bag buddies put them to sleep(the big sleep) I don't use them and have recieved more dead fish in the mail from people using bag buddies - than live ones. Use at your own risk!!!