How To Ship Fish Cheaply And Safely In The Mail
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- čas přidán 21. 10. 2020
- With the current state of things, buying and selling fish online has never been more common! Learn how to properly ship fish cheaply and safely in the mail from point A to point B.
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I just received my shrimp from you yesterday! Shipped Monday received Thursday. I thought they were packed well. I indeed stashed the poly fill for future filter use lol thank you for the beautiful shrimp. They are doing great. Thanks for the food samples and the sticker as well. The guppy grass and duckweed was welcome in my tank! I had no idea what to expect when ordering but I’m a very happy customer! Well done.
Glad to hear they are doing well! They were pulled from my stock that spent all summer in a pond! Some of those females look REALLY good! And yes, I figure why create more waste! I believe @Guppy Guru told me about the polyfil and I liked it. And of course! :)
Thanks for sharing your shipping process. Noticed the duck weed in the bag though. Might consider straining that out. I know I wouldn't want duck weed in my tank.
Great video!
Adding links awesome!
Great video mate
Putting you the test today. Can't wait to receive them.
Saw your order! Excited to ship them out on Monday!
Received the cherries this morning... Thanks! They are all alive and well in a very established planted tank. It also appears that there was some duck weed and a sprig of guppy grass in the bag with a block of foam for the shrimp to cling to. I' assuming the packaging around the bag was the filter floss you use?
Yes! All that white fluffy stuff is great for polishing water.
@@DilettanteCulture Do you still have a dozen or so Cherries left?
May I ask what category you list your videos under?
I’m heading to Florida this winter and shipping some fish back to the Midwest how would I accommodate for the mid 70f to the winter 30s
One topic you might look into..keeping subtropical fish outdoors all year in the bay area. Hard core types might even warm the waters to say low 60's..warm enough for many Danios,barbs and oddball fish like the high fin loach.
I used to summer pond fish in 10' and 12' above ground pools. Amazing how much better they grew and the colors were intense. Never did go for all year...April- November with a clear plastic cover to help heat.
These are USPS requirements on their website for shipping tropical and gold fish. I think you need to bag the entire thing up again (bag up polyfil and fishbags in one big bag). this is what I do to ensure no problems... I just dont see many people following their rules?
Copied/pastied/noted from USPS website
Fish must be held in a securely sealed primary receptacle. (fish breather bag)
Primary receptacle must be cushioned with sufficient absorbent material to take up all liquid in case of leakage. (polyfill)
Primary receptacle and absorbent cushioning material must be sealed within waterproof outer packaging (MISSING BAG)
Thank you so much for this video. One question, do you declare that you ship fish? I went to USPS the other day and they said I had to ship them overnight. Horrendous costs. Me too, I live in S CA.
Anything alive has to be shipped next day.
Really miss keeping in touch bro
I'm still waiting for 1000 Dollars worth of fish that my gf ordered from eBay from a guy in Wisconsin shipping them here to Pennsylvania so much for overnight shipping, USPS, it's now day 8 and the tracking is now showing there arriving Saturday! 10 days in the mail I'm guessing that I'm going to be receiving dead really expensive fish .
This was very helpful would be great if you could list places to get breather bags and other packaging. I am not a pro on finding these things. I am wanting to ship a fish to my friend in New York and have no clue what I am doing lol. But thank you for showing the process. I know some people fast the fish to ship. I dont know if everyone does that or if should. Thank you for the video again. Very helpful tips
Thank you! Fasting the fish never hurt, especially if it's a longer trip.
I have a list with all the links in the description of the video. As far as reflectix, you can google it to see where it is for you. For me, I buy it at Home Depot and lowes. Most home stores like that will have it. Sometimes Walmart will carry it. Polyfil is available at Craft stores, sewing stores, Walmart (its in the sewing section), etc. You want to make sure you get the one with no additives. www.walmart.com/ip/Poly-Fil-Premium-Polyester-Fiberfill-50-Oz-Bag/17808670
@@DilettanteCulture awesome thank you so much like I said I'm new to fish keeping and definitely never had to ship fish but a friend wants one of my plecos and have no idea where to even begin. Your video was very helpful and the poly fil was a very handy trick. Thanx again
@@DilettanteCulture oh thank you for listing the breather bags its been hard to find some in smaller packs. Since I dont ship fish at all I dont need that many.
What is this site
One other money saving tip... buy your postage through pirateship.com
39 gallon fish but I wanted to know I wanted to know cuz I wanted to set up my fish tank and I wanted to just have sweet water fish I wanted to just not have too many well like saying like maybe catfish no an angel fish has to say and the other ones are like a mixture of fish in my fish tank but I don't have anybody to really give me I'm trying to get your number to call you so I can tell you what I wanted and for you to come here to my address here so like I'm trying to maybe call you or to say you know on the phone instead of texting
Looks like this guy went out of business? Tough business for sure, race to the bottom.