axolotl-danio Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 I was bringing home a few ember tetras for my tank and the pet shop guy had taped up the bag corners. One of the tetras got stuck in one of the folds created by the tape and was looking very sick when he escaped so the shop gave me another one free. the sick looking one died a couple of days later. So Why do some petshops tape up the corners of the fish bag? And also currently I have 7 ember tetras and 1 sparkling gourami in my 30cmW by 30cmH by 60cmL aquarium (about 50 litres). I do weekly 25% water changes and it has a good HOB filter. How many more ember tetras could I add? Thanks :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 some fish bags have sealed corners, to avoid the L shape edge where fish can get stuck when travelling in the bag. others like some local stores, have normal bags, and tape up the corners so that fish do not get stuck in the corner. the idea is to create a smooth round bag, so no fish get stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axolotl-danio Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Seems like they are more likley to get stuck in a taped up bag than a non taped bag. I have seen a couple of stores with those aqua one bags with curved corners. :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 the aquaone bags cost on average 3 - 4 times the price of the normal bags, so smaller LFS's may not use them. it all works the same, there are ways to make sure the fish dont get stuck in the corners when you tape them... but sometimes bad stuff happens. kudos to the dude that gave you a free fish just in case :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axolotl-danio Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 He did it again today. I asked for the last ember tetra and then he noticed it looked sick (I think it got squished under the castle it did not look contagiously sick or anything) so he gave me it free as well and now it seems fine. :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 I have never seen bag corners taped. You get the same effect by carrying the bag upside down. We always used to freight bags of fish upside down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axolotl-danio Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 I thaught about taking it home upside down but I was worried it would leak. :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Loading on square corners = bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axolotl-danio Posted March 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 So what do you think about stocking for the tank? :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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