is it safe to keep live fish in a plastic bag for longer then an hour?
i want to buy some goldfish for my aquarium but i won’t be able to bring them home right away and i wasn’t sure if it was safe to keep live fish in a plastic bag for longer then an hour?
i’d appreciate your help! ty
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Hello
It is safe to keep a goldfish for up too 4 hrs in a plastic bag, it depends how well the animal was bagged up in the shop to start with. If oxygen was put in the bag then maybe longer. The problem is a lack of oxygen, if the weather is warm then the amount of time is considerably reduced, don’t forget to mix the water in the tank in the bag slowly when you get it home.
Fish can live in a plastic bag for as long as 3 hours as long as the temperature does not get too hot.
It’s best to leave the pet store for your last stop. When you buy fish you should be headed straight home after. There will always be goldfish at the pet store, they aren’t going to run out, so it’s safe to wait.
well if your car trip is say 8 hrs long, how else would they get there? My children just relocated from GA to PA (10-11 hrs) with fish in a bag & all arrived alive. they’ll be fine. just dont leave them in there for days.
Golds can take lower tempertures then tropics but ask the store to double bag them and to do so with lots of air. i just received some bettas in the mail which had to travel overnight so they will be okay for a while. just when you get them home, float the bag and slowly add your tank water for at least 20-30 mintues.
Even though it’s not recommended, I bought a fish in Sacramento, went to a party, and drove 2 hours home. And the fish was still fine.
If you keep it in an environment that’s not too hot and not too cold, then it’s safe to say that the Goldfish can survive in the bag for more than an hour.
By the way, what size tank are you planning to keep the Goldfish in?
im not sure but i think that if you keep it out of sunlight it will be fine.
I always heard that the limit was 2 hours. I try to keep them in there for less than 1 hour, if possible.
Try to make the pet store your last stop, or maybe buy them on a day when you can get them home quickly.
Yeh it’s fine.
Most fish can survive a good 3-4 hours without a proper setup as long as the temperture does not fluctuate too much.
Try to save the fish store for the last stop, the shorter amount of time you take the better.
Good luck!!
I buy saltwater fish off the internet and they stay in a bag for hours and arrive alive i bet a goldfish would be fine.
yes they will be fine iv had to do that before with my goldfish and they were fine, just take somone with you so the bag wont be rolling around.