Safest way to ship Utter Chaos?

[Yates273]

Not sure where to ask this so if it needs to be moved please do. I will be shipping coral for the first time. I am shipping 10 utter chaos palys in state. I am going to do next day but what is the best way to ship them. The buyer wants them loose so he can glue to his rock work. I am looking for any advice here. TYIA.

 

[Clowns-corals-cats]

Careful of palytoxin while cutting.

 

[Yates273]

Oh I know I landed at the doctor 2 weeks ago for the exact thing. Got squirted in eye and my vision was affected for 4 days. Had to wear eyepatch. I was complacent. No more!! It was painful

 

[Alaeriel]

We've gotten some loose polyps in a specimen jar that had been closed underwater so there was no air bubbles inside. Everything made it safely and after a couple days of being angry, they settled in nicely.

 

[Yates273]

I like that way. I was looking at moist shipment but I’m too chicken to do it this way. With loose shipping in a few different jars do I have to worry
About them fouling the water with paly toxin? Or am I over worrying too much

 

[Alaeriel]

I like that way. I was looking at moist shipment but I’m too chicken to do it this way. With loose shipping in a few different jars do I have to worry
About them fouling the water with paly toxin? Or am I over worrying too much

I'm definitely no expert on shipping, but my guess is they're going to be angry no matter which method you pick

 

[Clowns-corals-cats]

Oh I know I landed at the doctor 2 weeks ago for the exact thing. Got squirted in eye and my vision was affected for 4 days. Had to wear eyepatch. I was complacent. No more!! It was painful

Wow glad your ok. I completely stopped keeping them for fear of stuff like that. But I'm a paranoid person in general.

 

[James_O]

Oh I know I landed at the doctor 2 weeks ago for the exact thing. Got squirted in eye and my vision was affected for 4 days. Had to wear eyepatch. I was complacent. No more!! It was painful

I bet the doctor had a laugh about that one once you were gone…

 

[Yates273]

I bet the doctor had a laugh about that one once you were gone…

Funny thing is I went to the eye doctor and told him what I think it is and he never heard of it. He googled it while I was there and said he will be looking into this further. My diagnosis was biological poison to the eye

 

[James_O]

Funny thing is I went to the eye doctor and told him what I think it is and he never heard of it. He googled it while I was there and said he will be looking into this further. My diagnosis was biological poison to the eye

At least he learned something! Some people think that once you get a doctorate, then you can’t learn anything else about your profession. You proved him wrong!

 

[Yates273]

Well I would say my first shipping experience was a success all arrived and are doing well according to buyer. I know I went overboard on packaging but I wanted to make sure there would be no issues. I ended up putting them in little specimen bottles with a few pieces of carbon. After this I taped them shut and put in a ziplock back as a “just in case” scenario because we all know that happens. Then I stuffed them in styrofoam inside of the box and stuffed with plastic bags to keep everything from moving. Thanks to all for the tips

 

[Saltyreef]

Well I would say my first shipping experience was a success all arrived and are doing well according to buyer. I know I went overboard on packaging but I wanted to make sure there would be no issues. I ended up putting them in little specimen bottles with a few pieces of carbon. After this I taped them shut and put in a ziplock back as a “just in case” scenario because we all know that happens. Then I stuffed them in styrofoam inside of the box and stuffed with plastic bags to keep everything from moving. Thanks to all for the tips

Not overkill by any means
Good job!