Help fish in bag overnight

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  1. telamont

    telamont Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I have a 1" long tomato clown in a bag floating in my 10 gal tank until the morning. This is going to be about 15 hours. Is this possible? He is out of the tank because of a very small baby oscellaris that was just added to the tank. The tomato was nonstop bullying it so I turned the lights off and took him out to be removed. Now he's in the bag and there's my dilemma. I have no airstone and no LFS or friend to give him to ATM. Can Someone Help me or guides
    In the right direction thanks. I could always wake up and stir the water and change it out if that will enure his survival. Thanks again.
     
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  3. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

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    Do you have some kind of tupperware you could put him in that is bigger than a plastic bag so he can have more room and be less stressed out, it would help him get more oxygen too.
     
  4. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    It won't make it in a bag overnight and even if it does chances are it will never accept the Occ. and bully it to the point of death. Tomato's are notorious bad asses.
     
  5. telamont

    telamont Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Yeah I'll do that A gallon or two in the bucket should be better. You think in the morning just bag him up and it'll be ok? Do I have to do anything Inbetween that could be beneficial?
     
  6. telamont

    telamont Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I'm puting him into a completely different tank. I just want him to survive until then.
     
  7. Newreef15

    Newreef15 Horrid Stonefish

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    do u have a small pump of any kind that u can but in the bucket with him?
     
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  9. bucksfan1976

    bucksfan1976 Banned

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    Are you planning on keeping them both, if so I have had 0 luck in keeping different species of clowns dont matter the size either. One will eventually kill the other.
     
  10. KYLECT

    KYLECT Astrea Snail

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    I'll 2nd the comment on the Tomatoe, your probably gonna have to figure out which one you like best and either keep the other one in a different tank of sell it to someone.
     
  11. rglewis

    rglewis Flamingo Tongue

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    Dont wanna highjack the thread....... but really? Different species of clowns dont get along and will kill each other? Didnt realize that seeing as ibluewater is selling different species as mated pairs.
     
  12. Brendan Z

    Brendan Z Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Maybe you could get one of those floating specimen containers with the slits cut in the sides or bottom or even one of those net containers that are used for breeding freshwater fish. This way the fish will be contained but the water still allowed to circulate.