Pics! C. Paleatus Longfin Albino

[Barracuda518]

Nice clown Barracuda. I just got 4 wilds yesterday. Now I have to catch my other two in the 100 usg to join them. Maybe I can catch the runaway pulcher while I am at it.

Thanks Inchworm. I haven't taken pictures in so long.... But for you

Thanks. They have come down with something and I cant figure it out. I had 8 and one died. I have tried everything. They are the only fish in the tank affected. The B. Kubotai are even more brave and out and about. The clowns come out to feed and eat like crazy. 4 of the 7 are in great health, but those other 3 are struggling...

 

[jollysue]

What have you tried? How big are they? Have you been to the emergency section? I'm sure you have.

I'm so sorry. I have lost 2 of the four I bought at two different times back a year or so ago. First ich took one of two, then culumnaris took 1 of the two more I got. So I have two of my originals and now have got the four more. It will take time to catch and move the original two.

I am so sorry. Clowns can be sensitive I know. What are their symptoms? Have you talked to Inchworm?

 

[jollysue]

Well, Fed Ex sent the babies to Alaska!!!!!! The address and zip were right, but some fool in Oakland misdirected them. They are on their way back and will be here tomorrow. They are insured, but the cold and extra handling could make them vulnerable later even if they get here alive.

 

[Inchworm]

OMG, Alaska! Leave it to the post office to get a package lost!

I hope they will be OK for the extra day. As you know, the last two deliveries I got were each a day late and all the corys came through it safely. I hope your luck is as good as mine was.

 

[jollysue]

It wasn't the US Post Office this time; it was Fed Ex. $45 And so far tracking doesn't show that they are on their way back. I'm sure they don't have a heat pack. They would not need one overnight from Hawaii to California. I want my Cories!

 

[Inchworm]

Hi jollysue,

Have you talked to a live person on the phone about this? FedEx is uasually good with their tracking system though.

 

[Barracuda518]

What have you tried? How big are they? Have you been to the emergency section? I'm sure you have.

I'm so sorry. I have lost 2 of the four I bought at two different times back a year or so ago. First ich took one of two, then culumnaris took 1 of the two more I got. So I have two of my originals and now have got the four more. It will take time to catch and move the original two.

I am so sorry. Clowns can be sensitive I know. What are their symptoms? Have you talked to Inchworm?

It looks like wasting away disease. They are eating like crazy, but still loosing weight. There is nothing wrong with the tank. The water is crystal clear and the other fish are all healthy. The water stats are good too. Its just 3 that are sick now, the other one is better. I still have 7 of them and I dont plan on getting any more.

Im sorry your cories didnt make to you on time. Hopefully all is well and they will be there before you know it

 

[jollysue]

Well, Anchorage sent them to Fresno (Clovis, actually a substation) and the numbxxxx sent them back to Oakland and over to Sant Clara (150+/- miles over the coastal mountain range) for delivery to the town of San Jose. San Jose is my street address. It is very unlikely that I will recieve them today. If they reach Fresno or Clovis they are to call me, and I can pick them up. I told them to call me when they get in so I can go do some errands and take care of other business. They also sent instructions to keep them at room temperature if possible.

I think Fed Ex is making too much money with the gas craz. It's making them nuts. My shipment from Kentucky (an 80 pound delivery of wild fish) cost $113. It cost me $99.81. Fed Ex changed the price after delivery, so the dealer ate the extra expense.

Well, pray for the babies.

Barracuda, if they are wild caught, have you considered parasites with the clowns?

 

[jollysue]

Darryl/aquariaman has offered to send me a new batch or refuns the shipping. He is a true gentleman. I told him we will wait and see, but that he should file to get his shipping refunded. Fed Ex messed up big time. They should have been here Thursday morning guaranteed. They are not now expected until Saturday. Poor little babies.

 

[Inchworm]

Awwwww...............................

I feel so bad for you jollysue! We can only hope that he packed them in big bags with a lot of water and plenty of extra air space.

 

[jollysue]

Darryl has offered to replace immediately if the babies look at all bad. They are due this morning.

In reality (don't think badly of me), the delay has made it possible for me to work longer on my Moba tank. It had some nitrites (about .25) up and down for two days, but it tested -0- in nitrites and ammonia yesterday. The drip type filter made it harder for me to add media. Most of my filters are hang on biowheels. I just started using AquaClear this summer, but only one is a larger one. The new tank doesn't have a place to hang a filter, so I was using every trick I could think of to get higher bacteria loads: moving substrate, water, media. decor. So now I will have time to concentratye on the babies. Here's hoping they arrive viable.

 

[jollysue]

The delivery driver got to the gate and decided that he could not deliver. So in true incompetent style he left w/o calling or making a further attempt. I called the central # for the third time and the girl said she would see that the shipper got a refund and that the driver would attempt a second deliver today. So I spend the day by the phone hoping that I get the call.

Darryl emailed as soon as he got the "failed delivery attempt" notice and said not to worry anymore about it. He would ship me a second batch no charge. If any of the first batch make it, then consider it a bonus lottery win.

aquariaman/Darryl is FedEx is today :stupid:

 

[jollysue]

They have arrived. All ten are alive. Their bags were puffed full of air. Yes they were in individual bags. But that particular item is not one that I have a strong opinion on. I can see + and - to both sides.

Anyway, they are in a hang on tank all together now acclimating. They were a little cool but not icy. They are in the blue water so they are not frantic. Sorry about the pics. Just not up to that now.

Edit: the syno water, even with a 75% water change is over 7% ph. So I will put them with the Emerald Cories. They are a little big and rough, but hopefully it will do. I have a panda tank, but it is not easy to access, and I am afraid to upset the pandas when I have to catch the albinos to move them.

The albinos are in the tank with the Emeralds and harlequins. I put a piece of driftwood with a good growth of Java moss and fern. It has a nice little crevice they can all get in once they find it, but it will be too small for the Emeralds. I put plastic plants to hang in front of the filters. It has black sand (Tahitian) and drift wood in a twenty long (36"). I think it will make a nice tank for the albinos. Eventually I will move the Emeralds I think. I took pics, but I don't know how they will turn out. The albinos are small and reflect light. The card filled before I got them in the tank.

Thanks Inchworm for all your hints for them.

 

[jollysue]

After four days traveling the Pacific Rim and Western Seaboard from Hawaii to Northern California to Alaska and back to Californa with a few detours in between, my babies arrived.

They were packed as only a pro packs: double bagged, extra padding, strofoam box taped shut, with lots of tape on the cardboard box. The box was dry as a bone; there was no leakage.

I let them sit quiet for a few minutes, while I prepped everything to make sure it was all ready for them. Then I opened the bags and carefully put them into the hangon hospital tank.

So here they are in the hang on tank in their blue water

I spent about six hours acclimating them in dim light w/long periods of black quiet between. Then they went into the Brochis Splenden/Emerald cory, C. melanotaenia (optained from Bryan of BetterBettas), harlequin/porkchop Rasabora tank. That brown circle is a softened Hikari tab, about the size of a dime.

I was afraid they would be in danger from the Brochis Splendens, but they joined them happily and seem none the worse for their trip.

Darryl had offered me an extra shipment of cories for my ordeal, but I told him they looked great, and it wasn't necessary. I later got a notice from pay pal that my shipping costs had been refunded with the extra percentage that Pay Pal charges.

What do you think of my new babies?

 

[Kuhni]

So which corys did you receive? The first bunch of corys or the bunch he sent after the whole ordeal?

EDIT: oops didn't see your last post.