How to return fish to fish store?

[SteveReef]

Hi, I recently got a Tri-Color Fairy Wrasse, and it is being picked on by my clownfish. I would like to return it to the store I got it from which gives you store credit. How would I go about bringing it back to the store?

 

[magic]

Steve

How far away is the fish store? If it's not to far you can double bag the fish and keep
the temp as stable as possible(cooler, styrofoam box). Make sure there is plenty of air in the bag.

Bob

 

[SteveReef]

It's about a half hour away from my house, how would I make sure there is plenty of air in the bag?

 

[MikeNapoli]

Fill the bag half way and tie off leaving an airbubble. Half hour is not far at all. Don't forget these fish come from the far east half the time and are in the bags for 20hours at average. You're half hour trip is a drop in the bucket for them. Putting him in a ziplock is probably the easiest.

Nice of the store to allow you to bring him back after being exposed to your system. Not a usual practice.

 

[Hawkeye]

I usually put the fish in a bag with water, then drop a air line tube and pump some air in until the bag gets tight, then tie off with a rubber band/knot. Done deal. You want to maximize the amount of air you can fit in the bag if traveling far (which for you does not sound like the case).

 

[newly salted]

I use a small salt bucket or tupperware container

 

[jonathan.]

If you have an empty 5 gallon salt bucket or another larger bucket, fill it with water and take the fish in that. It gives the fish more area and stresses it out less.

 

[Jcurry@wesketch]

Whatever you do DON"T blow into the the bag, that will just fill it with CO2 and suffocate your fish. Believe it or not I had a kid in an LFS actually blow into the bag to "fill it with air". :