so today what we're talking about is
angel fish through the US Postal Service
and here it came priority mail in just
two days this was mailed on Tuesday and
the postal service held it just like it
says here they called me and at eight
o'clock this morning I went and picked
it up so these fish come from angel
mania dot net and now we're going to open
it up and see if they survive the trip
it is March 30th and it's been cold
right down into the 30s so oftentimes
fish in the mail may not make it they
just got too cold information comes with
it that shows you how to take care of
your fish when you first get them I
don't follow all of those directions but
I'll explain as we go on with this video
and this is very well packed and inside
this little wrapping of newspaper is one
of those dry chemical hand warmers so a
little precaution against the cold as
it's in transit and its packed really
well if insulation and then there's a
little package of you know we thought
for a moment there but miracle mini bites
its food provided by Angel mania and as
soon as we get it out of the box you got
to get it right into your fish tank and
the reason you want to do that is the
water temperature can be very low and
we're going to check that in a second
the good news is all the fish are alive
we ordered for angel fish from angel
mania net and he actually packed six
in here so there's a little insurance in
case a couple of them might have died in
transit but everyone's good as you can
see here now normally you want to put
them in a hospital tank I don't have a
hospital thing all I have is a 54 gallon
community tank and so we're going to be
introducing them right into that tank
with the fish that I already have and I
put a thermometer in here it's 72
degrees which is not bad at all
considering the weather conditions that
this is travel through
and we'll keep that thermometer stuck in
there until we can make sure that's
within one degree of the temperature of
the water in the tank are ready now what
you'll notice is the fish in the tank
are running around and they are eating
fish food I make sure to feed the fish
before I put the new fish in and the
reason for that is you don't want to
feed new fish after they've been
stressed in transit so you want to give
them 24 to 48 hours before you actually
feed them for the first time around so
while they're acclimating in this bag
the fish in the tank are being fed
because they're also going to be fasting
for the next 24 hours and more water
chemistry is really important and while
they're in this bag it came double
bagged it's the time to look over the
fish remember that i'm not putting them
in a quarantine tank which is probably
what you should do if you have a
quarantine tank but we're going to be
putting them straight into my community
tank all the fish look like they're in
great shape and if you notice they're
not panicked and they're not darting
around inside this bag so the next thing
I'm going to do is cut it open and I'm
drawing water and out of the fish tank
and we're adding that water to the water
that they came shipped in so the
acclimation process is slower you are
about it the better the fish are going
to be in the less stress they're going
to be when they get introduced to your
tank so we're gradually mixing it they
are within one degree of the water
temperature in my tank all the
conditions in my tank are good no
ammonia now keep in mind that probably
there's ammonia building up inside this
bag because they've been in it for two
days so we are gradually changing that
water chemistry
now these are all pretty small I went on
Angel mania dotnet and I picked out the
varieties of angelfish that I wanted and
the shipping was not bad i think its
twenty dollars for shipping I think
there's also a minimum order that you
can place and then you can get free
shipping if you buy enough fish I
purchased for but again included six so
I'm pretty happy about that now what I'm
doing here rather than just dump the
value out into the tank all of a sudden
I've cut away the top and there goes the
first one I'm just letting them swim out
of the bag on their own now there is
fish waste inside this bag so I'm going
to hopefully leave that in there that
we've just gone right into my tank if I
opened it and dump them but you're
seeing kind of a time lapse version here
I was holding this bag in the water for
gosh it seemed like forever 15 minutes
maybe and tried to get a recording for
you each time the little angel fish
exited the bag but they were in no hurry
to get out of there in fact in some
instances they also am out of the group
turned around and went right back into
the bag so was a test of patients now
again this is a 54 gallon community tank
so the fish that are already in this
tank there is one blank veiled angelfish
is quite a bit older than this group so
we'll have to keep an eye on him there
are neon tetras in here there are zebra
danios and there are cory catfish and
that's it this tank has about half of
its capacity filled with fish so the
water conditions are not stress is not
at all near peak capacity as far as fish
go I only wanted four angels so we're
going to see how this goes as they
mature normally angelfish might be
aggressive towards neons or the
Danielle's primarily the neons though
and the thought here is if they're going
to grow up with them in the same tank
maybe they'll show less aggression so I
violated you know that rule they've gone
right into the community tank we're
going to not feed them for 24 hours
and the lighting is up right now so that
you can see it for the video but after
this video is over with we're going to
shift to what we call moonlight mode and
it's just going to be a dark blue color
taking fish out of a bag some people say
you know you might want to introduce
them to your new tank with the tank
light really subdued you don't want to
drop them into a dark tank because then
there would be panicked they can't see
anything they can't figure out where the
hiding places are and so having some
light in the tank while they getting
acclimated and while they're becoming
acquainted with that environment is also
going to help reduce the stress so you
can see there they're all swimming
normally they are not hiding in the
corner they're not running into the
cover areas and trying to avoid the
other fish they're openly interacting
with all the fish that I already have in
my tank so these are all great signs and
I have to say that angel mania gave a
great set of instructions with this
shipment of fish it's the first time
I've ordered from them and I have to say
that I don't have anything bad to add
about number one how the transaction
with the selection of fish they have on
their website is fantastic and of course
it's just angelfish if you want to get a
specialty Fisher you want a specific
variety of angelfish I recommend that
you go there now some people may say
well I can go and get an angelfish at my
local pet shop for six dollars seven
dollars or whatever these angelfish are
only like nine or ten dollars each now
if you think that sounds expensive
you're going to keep an angelfish for
several years I don't understand really
nickel and diming over a specific
variety of angelfish or any other breed
for that matter if it's what you want
and you can get a variety that's really
appealing to you then what's wrong with
spending even twice that amount these
fish are going to be in your aquarium
for many years and they'll grow up to be
several inches tall like six to eight
inches tall
so it's a big investment in time and
energy so I say shop around and find the
quality and the variety of fish that you
really want to have in your tank and
that you'll be comfortable with for
years to come so I guess in closing I
have to say I definitely recommend angel
mania net and i'll put a link in the
description of this video and they did
not compensate me i have no deal worked
out with them i just bought them as
anyone else would and they ship them to
me i did send an email saying that they
are welcome to withhold my shipment
until we know that the route is safe
from freezing temperatures i believe
this in on their website that they can
ship anytime the temperatures are above
32 degrees so good experience so far
we'll see how they grow and develop and
again we're going to start feeding them
24 to 48 hours after this but they look
fantastic thanks for watching
you