How long in bag from fish store?

[beam3er]

Im wondering how long can soft corals stay in the bag he fish store?

 

[Rcpilot]

If you mean mushrooms and polyps.......

A couple hours. Temperature is the most important thing. They don't really need a lot of oxygen.

 

[daugherty]

after about 6-8 hours they may start to die

 

[yote]

Depends on the temp.
They ship em over night in bags every day.As long as the tamp stays stable,they'll be fine.

 

[dcantucson]

+1 yote

 

[project5k]

you can allways do what i do, when i know i'm going to the fish store, i just grab one of my styrofoam coolers, put it in the vehicle i'm taking to the store, and then whatever life i buy, goes in there. helps keep the temp stable, and puts them in the dark, which from what i can figure, helps reduce stress. I do this for anything (living)i buy..

ofcourse the styrofoam coolers are something i just have laying around(its normal redneck equipment)

but you can get them at gas stations and heb's and wallyworld, places like that.

 

[dcantucson]

I just save them from my web store shipments.

 

[winyfrog]

As everyone said the temp is going to play a big part in how long they will last in a bag, but it will also matter what type of soft coral.

cooler idea is a great suggestion, you can also buy those insulated bags from the grocery stores that work well.

 

[sen5241b]

I've kept fish in a bag in a cooler for 3 hours before I got home and there was no problem.

 

[Gdbyrd]

Since I got into the hobby, almost all of my stuff has come from at least 4 hours away. So far either me or my dad, have gotten fish, corals, live rock, and a few inverts.

The only issue we have had was with live rock. They just wrap it in newspaper at the store. After my initial cycle I bought 60 more lbs of rock and it started a much bigger cycle than what I had with initial start up with local stuff. Otherwise everything else has made it just fine!

 

[dskirtech]

+3 on the Styro Coolers. Not to mention they stabilize the new purchases on the long drive home. What I have done since I live 1 hour from the LFS, is put corals + fish in bags, into the cooler, and have them add acclimated water in the cooler around the stock (1/4-1/3 full around the bags) and that not only keeps the temp more stable, it also helps movement.

Im no pro, but it seems to work for me