Zayne Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Just wondering if anyone has shipped/ received fish that shipped 48hours? how did they go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Imported fish can get close to that. You would need to do it properly and use oxygen etc. but they should be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 where are they coming from that its going to take 48 hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 There’s a reasonable chance that fish shipped over two days will be OK if they are well packaged. Most fish are remarkably hardy. I had 12 young discus arrive after two nights in transit a few years ago. They all survived initially, although the three smallest were in a bag together, never grew much, and died within six months. The others seemed fine. I also had some plecos sent a while ago that were put in a chiller on arrival at the depot as one of the staff thought they were in a chillibin so they needed to be chilled. They were in there for most of the day as the staff couldn’t find the package. They were very cold and hardly moved but I warmed them up over about three hours and they all survived. In saying that I have had quite a lot of fish shipped over the years and only had two occasions when anythings gone wrong. Goodluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 i had a package get handed over to RD and it took around 48 hours. they were red empresses about 6 or 7cm and one died out of 6 i think so wasn't a bad outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted December 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I was just thinking as it works out a lot cheaper for people in the south island if it goes 48 hours about $25 total Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 not worth the risk to save a few $ IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver21 Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I had guppies sent to me by someone who didnt let me know they sent them so they sat at the courier depot for about 7 days. Only one or two dead out of maybe 20-30. But that was guppies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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