The package came in the mail like this... Everything arrived on time as expected. My first LIVE Fedex package!!! All of the specimens were alive except for one dead peppermint shrimp which we had refunded back to our account. We went ahead and placed the dead shrimp in the tank so it could be eaten by the other survivors.
The directions for placing the crew in the tank was super hard and complicated with really explicit step by step instructions, so I deferred to Kari to handle the details.
The directions said to do the following:
1. Turn off aquarium lights.
2. Dim the lights in the room where your specimen bags will be opened. (severe stress or trauma may result from sudden exposure to bright light.
3. Float the sealed bag in your aquarium for 15 min. This allows the water in the specimen bag to adjust slowly to the temperature in the aquarium.
4. After 15 min. cut open the bag just under its closure and roll the top edge of the bag down one inch to create an air pocket within the lip of the bag. This will enable the bag to float on the surface of the water.
5. Add 1/2 c. of aquarium water to the bag.
6. Repeat step 5 every four min. until the bag is full.
7. Lift the bag from the aquarium and discard half the water from the bag.
8. Float the bag in the aquarium again and proceed to add 1/2 c. of aquarium water to the bag every four min. until the bag is full.
9. Net aquatic life from the bag and release into the aquarium.
10. Remove the filled bag from the aquarium and discard the water. Never release enclosed water directly in to the aquarium.
This came with full on illustrations (!!!) and another more complicated method called the drip method. We did the above.
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