Shipping Wrasses With Sand?

[Variant]

If sand dwelling wrasses like leopards don't ship well due to stress and the lack of a natural "safe space", why don't vendors ship out wrasses in larger bags with 2" worth of sand?


Would sand actually make it more stressful?

 

[Spare time]

The sand would add weight and cost more.

 

[mfinn]

I would imagine that all the bouncing around boxes get, the water in the bag would be just a cloudy mess. Probably so bad it would make breathing difficult if not impossible for the wrasse.