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Jersh
08/14/2014, 08:30 AM
I just got my two new fish in from LA today, and they are floating right now. I got a royal gramma and an orange-back fairy wrasse off of DD. The bag that the orange-back fairy wrasse came in is HUGE!! It's much bigger than the bags that my Lyretails from DD came in, and they are already the size of a fullgrown orange-back.

I'm scared that they mixed up my order and when I cut open the bag there will be a tang in there or something. Could the bag just be bigger because wrasses need more space and don't ship well?
Ambition
08/14/2014, 08:35 AM
DD ships wrasses in larger bags as they ship better than in smaller bags. I highly doubt it is the wrong fish, they just like to ensure that the fish ship well.
Jersh
08/14/2014, 08:59 AM
Yea, I figured they probably wouldn't have messed it up. It was indeed the orange-back in the bag. It's nice to know that they take that into account for shipping wrasses. :) There must've been close to a gallon or more of water in there!
Toddrtrex
08/14/2014, 12:01 PM
Yea, I figured they probably wouldn't have messed it up. It was indeed the orange-back in the bag. It's nice to know that they take that into account for shipping wrasses. :) There must've been close to a gallon or more of water in there!

This is from a couple of weeks ago --- a total of 2 dwarf angels. That is a 5 gallon salt bucket.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/Fish%20stuff/DSC_0017_zpsf1e7fb4b.jpg
thenewguy997
08/14/2014, 12:04 PM
Why dont you just look through the top of the bag its clear plastic
SDguy
08/14/2014, 01:03 PM
I love that someone is concerned about the over-care that LADD takes! :)
Bernie21
08/14/2014, 01:56 PM
I just ordered from them aswell, and compared to other places ive ordered from, they clearly go above and beyond... Im happy!
Nina51
08/14/2014, 05:20 PM
hey todd! nice to see ya!!

i'm always amazed at how LA packs fish. indeed, they go above and beyond and that's why their fish almost always arrive in tip top shape. the yellow coris wrasse i got from them recently was rarin' to go as soon as i dumped him into my qt. same with the wrasses and my kole tang. not a single one of them hid for more than maybe 10 seconds. :)
Jersh
08/15/2014, 06:52 AM
Why dont you just look through the top of the bag its clear plastic

The DD bags have the black boots on both ends, until you get down to the bag the fish is actually in.
Nina51
08/15/2014, 10:05 AM
how are your fish doing?
SDguy
08/15/2014, 10:13 AM
Well what the heck is in the bags already??
pktech
08/15/2014, 10:27 AM
I thought it was a pair of venusta?
SDguy
08/15/2014, 10:32 AM
I thought it was a pair of venusta?

That was Todd, not the OP.
Fish Biscuit
08/15/2014, 03:52 PM
They put my possum wrasse in a bag that big & he was a little nugget
GroktheCube
08/15/2014, 03:56 PM
They go overkill with bag size, but better that than the opposite.
kegogut
08/15/2014, 04:39 PM
Bigger bags = more oxygen so they might put them in bigger bags depending on how far you live from where the fish were shipped.
Jersh
08/16/2014, 09:50 AM
The Royal Gramma was DOA. :( The orange-back fairy wrasse is doing great so far. He is eating and looks great.

http://i.imgur.com/r2ATfsi.jpg