I know they can go for quite a few days without light and have no problems, I'd just be concerned about the cold.
If anyone wanted to simply pay for shipping I would give them away! I have never shipped live stock though personally, I know Fed Ex does it. I have probably about 30 to 40 polyps give or take, mabe a little less.
These are the off purple with a pink center. Under Actinic lighting they look pretty good. They spread like mad though, I swear these things are worse than Xenia, well almost.
I like the forceps idea, I think Dr. Fosters and Smith has them if I am not mistaken.
Thanks for the PM's everyone but I already scraped them off the night before and took them to my LFS, that way I didn't have to worry about shipping. I think I got them all, the forceps thing worked very well. If I see other pop up I will post again.