Shipping my tank raised clownfish

[Octo clownfish]

I am new to shipping and have only just started getting my feet wet. I was wondering at what tempertures does everyone ship at or not ship at? Nice weather is coming and I have a ton of people that have been asling me to ship. Thank you in advanced.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Hey octo,

Wondering if you got this question answered yet.

 

[Octo clownfish]

Somehwat... Still unsure as to at what temps to use what and how many pack. Like 40-60 use x amount of xhr heat packs and like wlat what temps to just not ship at all together

 

[Octo clownfish]

Also what size boxes... Perhaps it will end up being trial and error. I think Ive pretty got the jist of it. Its mainly the temps and what and how many packs if any to use. I know the packs are oxygen activated and Ive seen some conflicting info about poking 2-4 pencil sized holes in box around pack/packs

 

[ScottR]

This thread may be useful. I know it’s corals but as far as temp control and packing, it’s useful.

How to Ship Frags Like a Pro!

I’ve had a lot of questions recently from other members on how to ship frags. A number of people have told me they’ve always wanted to ship corals, but have always been too intimidated to try. I’ve also been told I am pretty kick-butt at packing/shipping corals, even better than some vendors...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Shawn.B]

when i was shipping Berghia i went till about -15c
i used a box like this https://amzn.to/2I4kxQg, and a 40+ hr heat pack https://amzn.to/2TicTqQ obviously larger boxes would require a second or maybe third pack. i would wrap the heat pack loose in 1 layer of newspaper to avoid direct contact with anything but till allow gas flow and stick it to the lid, spaces were filled with newspaper. i think they most important part is going to be which company you use and how their side of logistics works which is hard to know. you may want to setup a test outside and see how your chosen setup handles the cold over a day, or even better get a cheap temp logger for a few dollars and ship it somewhere. youll be able to recover the max and min temps your package saw

 

[Octo clownfish]

Thank you the temp logger thing is a great idea!