Shipping fish

[daayda3]

Whoopsie. I forgot to add this. If you are shipping Snails...Brigs or Canas, you need a shipping permit from the USDA. They are a controlled species. You need a permit for every state you plan to ship them to.

The last of my permits came in this morning! Yay!!

what do those look like? because i am planning on shipping mine...

 

[Aussie_hippie_2]

Malbri I haven't shipped before but I've gotten shipments, I'd recommend for starters cardboard box (duh), packing peanuts, heater pack this time of year, breather bags, bubble wrap, newspaper. Also think about styro.

 

[Malbri]

how long(as in amount of time) of a heater pack?

and does any1 know what age swordtails should be before shipping?

 

[daayda3]

I thought for my snails... i put them in some water in a bag with air and ship them in popcorn...:huh:

 

[Rallysman]

Here is another great thread to reference.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6317

 

[saganco]

Moderator, could we please make this a sticky?

I was just going to ask for a thread on this topic when I found it - thank you all, I am just about to have to get into the shipping thing with my little HRP's, so this is perfect timing!

 

[Malbri]

The most common I see for heat packs is 40 hours, does this sound good with express shipping?

 

[Malbri]

and does anyone use anything like bag buddies

 

[GirlieGirl8521]

40 hours is good for express shipping, but for 2-3 day shipping I'd use 60 hour heat packs.

 

[maronov]

I notice people are mentioning UPS and Fedex, but I've been planning to ship a fish, and checked with these two companies, and both told me that they cannot ship live fish. Were these just customer support reps that didn't know what they were talking about?