Like a fish on a bike. Or not.

[Mad Doug Biker]

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I just saw this:

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co....de_on_bikes_in_Wolverhampton&utm_content=html

 

[Angelfishsolo]

As a former fish keeper I agree with the shops decision. These type of fish are normally placed in a polythene bag and then a second paper bag placed other that. You are / should be advised to keep the back as still as possible. The amount of turmoil the cat fish would have gone through in a backpack would have been horrendous.

Sorry if this has already been posted, but I just saw this:

http://www.practical...tm_content=html

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

So if he doesn't have a car, then how is he meant to get it home? had that never occurred to the staff?? I don't drive, so how could I get a fish home?
I have to agree with you though that keeping the fish still would be difficult, but if he has packed it up properly, with something to dampen down vibrations and put in a dark place, then it should still be ok surely?

Anyway, it seems he's not alone if you see the comments page.

 

[PaulSB]

So if he doesn't have a car, then how is he meant to get it home? had that never occurred to the staff?? I don't drive, so how could I get a fish home?

Catch a bus?

I know nothing about keeping fish but feel commonsense suggests an hour in a plastic bag full of water juggling around in a backpack will not be a comfortable experience.

Wouldn't a fishkeeper know this?

 

[asterix]

So what happens when there is a storm at sea? Do all the fish get seasick?

 

[MossCommuter]

I have transported live trops in pannier bags a number of times. No worse than sat on the seat of the car. I wouldn't use a backpack mind.

 

[iAmiAdam]

Surely it'd be worse in a car where the speeds and forces are greater?

 

[Lurker]

Surely in a backpack your body absorbs the shock/vibrations from the road? (Has anyone done a comparative assessment of different modes of vehicle/carrying?)

 

[ColinJ]

So what happens when there is a storm at sea? Do all the fish get seasick?

Apparently, they can!

 

[RedRider]

Was the fish wearing a helmet?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Catch a bus?

Not always possible, and anyway, I wouldn't want to subject the poor fish to a bus, I mean, as far as I can tell, bus timetables are nothing but a work of utter fiction, and I'd want to get my fish back home ASAP so that it didn't run out of air in the bag.

I know nothing about keeping fish but feel commonsense suggests an hour in a plastic bag full of water juggling around in a backpack will not be a comfortable experience.

But if it is on the bus, or in a car, then the water 'juggles' about due to the forces of motion anyway. The point was that if the bag was wrapped up and not able to move about, then it wouldn't really be any worse. I don't think I'd put it in a backpack though, because if something happened, you wouldn't know until it was too late, but if it was in a small box or similar where you could watch it, then I don't see why not on a bike!

Wouldn't a fishkeeper know this?

The name Fishkeeper is used loosely for people who own fish. I own fish! some rather large (we've had then for years) Goldfish if you must know, and I'll tell you, a couple of them were rescued from somewhere in a bucket, and I defy anyone to see a worse way of transporting fish than bobbling about in a bucket!