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Am I destroying my "tank is quarantined" stance if I add this clown?

Neptune Aquatics
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I use Uber Courier all the time to send things to my friends in SF or SJ. 2 weeks ago from Pittsburg to SF in the afternoon was about $70 + tip. Well worth it IMO so I don't have to spend 3hr+ driving and sitting in traffic.

HTA had a ton of fish out of QT yesterday when I was there. They looked awesome!!!
 
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Get some level of biological filtration in place. I don't like the ammonia smell of uncycled tanks and feel bad for the animals. Prime / amquell can help, but I'd rather not deal with that.

Also because I've been planning on incrementally replacing some of my sand, so having a reason to take a couple cups out helps force me down that path.
5 gallon bucket in place. H2O2 bath followed by transfer. Did the filefish and the clown.

Put a small amount of sand in the filter because I didn't have a good stool available to get it out of the display. Also added a small bit of a really old bottle of amquel. Will probably just switch to a bubbler and fresh prime for the next rounds.
 
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I love doing this as well makes things easier u can put it in something discrete if you dont want the uber driver knowing what it is exactly your sending but i always like to tell them so they dont assume anything bad lol saves so much time
Well documented cases of Uber drug mules to say the least lol!
 
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Now I’m curious. What does it cost to uber fish ? Where do you live ? So interesting
I live in San Mateo. From Oakland to San Mateo it was $35 one time and $50 the other time.

you can figure out the price w/o booking a ride:
1) open uber app
2) click courier tab up top
3) pick "receive items"
4) put your address and High tide aquatics
5) you see prices
 
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I live in San Mateo. From Oakland to San Mateo it was $35 one time and $50 the other time.

you can figure out the price w/o booking a ride:
1) open uber app
2) click courier tab up top
3) pick "receive items"
4) put your address and High tide aquatics
5) you see prices
what? I didn't know this was a thing. Pretty cool.
 
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