I guess I can count myself and my fish among the very fortunate as I have had penty of fish shipped and none of them have had ammonia burns.
First time buyer from aquascape
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Yes you can say that. The bigger the fish the bigger the chance of ammonia burns.
If anyone here knows piranhas you would know they **** like no other.
Over time ive come to realize that rushing fish to get shipped to you is not worth it when it comes to piranhas. I know the excitement of getting the fish in asap is priority.
But when i can, I personally ask over the phone that they do not feed the fish for 3 days before shipping it to me to reduce the chances of waste build up during transit. Not many people have that patience though.
But when i can, I personally ask over the phone that they do not feed the fish for 3 days before shipping it to me to reduce the chances of waste build up during transit. Not many people have that patience though.
If he requested it the fresh import would have been without food for ~1week? They said they would ship it to him and then delayed it because the owner didn't show up as they had anticipated. I feel like starving it that long is less of a risk than not fasting it at all, but I think the communication there made it almost impossible this fish got the proper treatment prior to shipping. That and that it already had ammonia burn which opens up all kinds of possibilities for secondary infection in a high ammonia environment. (like the inside of a plastic bag for 24 hours)
Its not out of the ordinary for a piranha to go even a month without eating. Very common when they get introduced to a new tank and nothing to panic about. They will not let themselves starve to death.
I saw the picture your referring to and we cant just assume its an ammonia burn. Could be damage from the net. Honestly i would buy that fish a hundred times over. The damage is so minimal I know its nothing to worry about.
Sometimes vendors cant win. You hold the fish for it to repair itself for few days and the customer goes ape sht. You ship it out that way and you run the risk of them pinning anything that happens to it on your store.
Ammonia burns can be avoided(im not saying thats what happened in this situation) in most shipping situations and wouldnt say its par for the course or even acceptable, 3 to 4 twelve inch properly flushed and packaged fish per cooler should be fine except for aggressive species which would require special handling.
Would you consider a piranha an aggressive species?
What does a cooler have to do with ammonia burn, sorry im a bit lost.
My point is a properly packaged fish shouldn't result in any ammonia burn.
