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Seems like it has had a happy ending. So happy for everyone

Oh, awesome, you posted while I was writing mine. Hooray for one heck of a hardy little fish! And for you, for your excellent emergency puffer care.

xrayjeeper83 wrote:PUfftastic dont stress, he is in good hands

Thanks Xray!!

Thanks everyone as well! It was an interesting experience, one I care not to repeat, but would if I had to, just because the end result was worth it. Although never again, I hope not LOL. Going to see if I can't get a few pics of his cute little face and I will post them on my F8 thread. =)

Good job well done

bertie 83 wrote:Good job well done

Thank you!

NEVER put fragile on a box. That's a joke with postal workers; they will be as rough as possible with those boxes.

Hubby always tells me to pack everything & then throw it againt the wall for good measure, because that's the best it's gonna be treated.

Pufftastic wrote:jus85411, thank you for that comment about mishandling in delivery! The box was labeled "FRAGILE" on every side, but goldielocke says the post office lady literally tossed it onto the counter when she went to pick it up. In hindsight, I know that I made some poor packing choices, but the postal workers basically playing hacky sack with the box surely didn't help things.

i work at a computer company and we always say that it seems like the fragile stickers are just a bulls eye for abuse lol. everything worked out, but you just know for the next time. a "this side up" sticker might have been helpful too. though who knows if they actually pay attention to that either. F8's do seem hardy, this is probably the craziest case i have ever heard of. but i had a F8 get sucked up in my HOB marineland filter. i did tank work, cleaned filter and put it back in but the intake inside of the tank had a section fall off, exposing the open tube instead of the "filter" attachment to catch anything big. well i heard my tank making a funny noise from the filter. sounded like it was running dry, motor was running fine and then i only see 1 F8 when i had 2... i unplugged the filter and took the filter intake tube off and its tail was sticking out right at the end where he would have hit the impellor on an AC filter(luckily marineland has a secondary chamber before the impellor giving him a spare inch or two). he was literally stuck, i slightly pulled to see if he would sliver out but it was air tight. quick thinking i put his end in the tank and blew into the intake part that sits inside the tank where he got sucked up. he was like a fish spitball lol. stressed no doubt, he sat sulking for a day or two without eating but made a full recovery. he even had marks on both sides from being squeezed from the tube was a trooper though

Pufferpunk wrote:Hubby always tells me to pack everything & then throw it againt the wall for good measure, because that's the best it's gonna be treated.

exactly! i always shake boxes to make sure nothing moves around inside before i ship out of work. i may use an obnoxious amount of bubble wrap and box fillers, but nothing gets broke!

Well, let's not continue beating anyone up for past mistakes... the important thing is the puffer is doing great!

jus85411 wrote:

Pufftastic wrote:jus85411, thank you for that comment about mishandling in delivery! The box was labeled "FRAGILE" on every side, but goldielocke says the post office lady literally tossed it onto the counter when she went to pick it up. In hindsight, I know that I made some poor packing choices, but the postal workers basically playing hacky sack with the box surely didn't help things.

i work at a computer company and we always say that it seems like the fragile stickers are just a bulls eye for abuse lol. everything worked out, but you just know for the next time. a "this side up" sticker might have been helpful too. though who knows if they actually pay attention to that either. F8's do seem hardy, this is probably the craziest case i have ever heard of. but i had a F8 get sucked up in my HOB marineland filter. i did tank work, cleaned filter and put it back in but the intake inside of the tank had a section fall off, exposing the open tube instead of the "filter" attachment to catch anything big. well i heard my tank making a funny noise from the filter. sounded like it was running dry, motor was running fine and then i only see 1 F8 when i had 2... i unplugged the filter and took the filter intake tube off and its tail was sticking out right at the end where he would have hit the impellor on an AC filter(luckily marineland has a secondary chamber before the impellor giving him a spare inch or two). he was literally stuck, i slightly pulled to see if he would sliver out but it was air tight. quick thinking i put his end in the tank and blew into the intake part that sits inside the tank where he got sucked up. he was like a fish spitball lol. stressed no doubt, he sat sulking for a day or two without eating but made a full recovery. he even had marks on both sides from being squeezed from the tube was a trooper though

Pufferpunk wrote:Hubby always tells me to pack everything & then throw it againt the wall for good measure, because that's the best it's gonna be treated.

exactly! i always shake boxes to make sure nothing moves around inside before i ship out of work. i may use an obnoxious amount of bubble wrap and box fillers, but nothing gets broke!

I feel like everyone knew this but me, LoL. Even my parents and grandparents was like "uh duh!" haha. Duly noted and filed away in the "important to know for future shipments" part of the brain. I don't think I will ever forget why NOT to put fragile stickers on it. Haha, Pufftastic had like 5 of them slapped on there. I bet they had a field day with poor Luau =(

Too true PP. He can only get better from here ^.^

goldielocke76 wrote:I feel like everyone knew this but me, LoL. Even my parents and grandparents was like "uh duh!" haha. Duly noted and filed away in the "important to know for future shipments" part of the brain. I don't think I will ever forget why NOT to put fragile stickers on it. Haha, Pufftastic had like 5 of them slapped on there. I bet they had a field day with poor Luau =(

Ouch.

Pufftastic wrote:

goldielocke76 wrote:I feel like everyone knew this but me, LoL. Even my parents and grandparents was like "uh duh!" haha. Duly noted and filed away in the "important to know for future shipments" part of the brain. I don't think I will ever forget why NOT to put fragile stickers on it. Haha, Pufftastic had like 5 of them slapped on there. I bet they had a field day with poor Luau =(

Ouch.

Hey, we didn't know LoL. I thought they would take care of it with fragile stickers on there haha. I would have done the same thing xD We know for next time!! LOL ^.^

Glad to hear everything is looking good.

But don't beat yourself up about what happened...Your intentions were the best and the whole experience will just make you appreciate your fish even more.

Pufferpunk wrote:Well, let's not continue beating anyone up for past mistakes... the important thing is the puffer is doing great!

Thanks, PP.

JRC3 wrote:

Glad to hear everything is looking good.

But don't beat yourself up about what happened...Your intentions were the best and the whole experience will just make you appreciate your fish even more.

Thanks! Exactly!! LoL I love going in there and looking at him, and I haven't even had him for very long and he's already wiggled his little butt into my heart. He's now coming and seeing me in front of the tank, and seeing his little cute face makes it that much more better.