How to Ship Live Fish & Shrimp like a Professional (ft. BB’s Beasties)
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- Want to ship fish or shrimp for the first time? Keep watching as I provide step-by-step instructions to ensure happy customers and maximum survival rate for your animals. Huge thanks to BB’s Beasties ( / bbsbeasties
)! Glad to hear you’re getting lots of shrimp babies. 🦐
RESOURCES
▶ USPS rules about shipping live fish: pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c...
▶ How to Ship Fish like a Professional: www.selectaquatics.com/article...
MATERIALS I USED
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*What are your best tips for shipping live fish, shrimp, or plants?* Comment below to share your experiences, and check out my other shrimp tutorials here: czcams.com/play/PLlBBJ7xBuquYRSZfuSGK-hmSH84yTAcjs.html
Never shipped fish before so good to know. Only thing I would add is there is an insulated thick foil pad that is sold in hardware stores and a Japanese Dollar Store called Daiso. It's said to help retain heat so I wonder if lining the box with that stuff would keep the package warm enough to get to their destination more safely
@@JoyZofSoRRoW Yes, I believe they actually sell the foil insulation that perfectly fits the inside of the box! Thanks for the suggestion.
A Gamer's Wife I also purchased a tool to cut through styrofoam and have no mess from the pieces. Off amazon it was $21.99. Best investment I made. Here it is: Kohree Upgrade Hot Wire Foam Cutter, 3 in 1 Styrofoam Knife Cutter Electric Hotwire Foam Cutting Tool, 100-240V /18W Heated Foam Carving Knife Kit
What a GREAT video! Aquarium hobbyists are definitely going to appreciate your thorough tutorial on shipping live! Thanks again for the shrimp (you know how obsessed I am with them lol) and for letting me hop in on this video!
My pleasure! And thank you so much for being patient with how long it took me to make this video. That Texas weather can be brutal! 🔥
A Gamer's Wife it’s the worst 😅
I wish this video was around back when I was trying to learn how to ship fish!
Thank you so much! Glad you liked the video. 😊
First time selling shrimp today.I sold 25 shrimps😀
That's awesome! It's such a good feeling, isn't it? I earned some pretty good store credit when I sold mine.
@@GirlTalksFish you inspired me to get into the hobby so thank you
@@slaptheturtle7041 Oh my goodness, that's so awesome! Glad to hear it and let me know if there are any topics you'd like me to cover!
@@GirlTalksFish no topics at all.You are doing cool stuff to keep my aquarium clean and my entertainment high.But anyway I would like if you will make a video about breeding corydoras
@@slaptheturtle7041 You're in luck! I kinda have already; see the first part of this video: czcams.com/video/TienO5KOvhQ/video.html
Excellent editing. The points were well presented. I've used breather bags before, but didn't think to loosely wrap in newspaper. That was a good tip. Thanks Irene!
Excellent thorough and concise essay on sending live fish/shrimp. Clean clear and very easy to follow. Footage and results from your recipient was an outstanding way to complete it. 👍🏼
For what it’s worth - I’d love to see this quality of a report describing a larger project (several installments) like selective breeding reds and orange down to green shrimp.
I love doing experiments, so thank you for the idea!
Bridget is such a great person! So happy to see her on your channel!
I love how thorough this video was. It’s going to come in handy for when I finally get around to selling some of my shellies
Ooo, that would be a fun video to see in the future! Shellies are sooo cool!
What a great video on shipping. Including some food samples or other freebies is always so appreciated and so much more personal. Love the tip from LR Bretz on using the double bags and tying each one off. Such a nice, safe, secure package.
Looking forward to a video on that gecko.
👍💕👍
Oh my goodness, I would love to make a gecko video! But I'm afraid of "annoying" my viewers with non-fish content. 😅
If u want, u can add a piece or two of hornwort plants instead of a plastic mesh in the shrimp bag. It will not only let them hang on to it, but also provide bit of extra oxygen and also to a shrimp or two does, it can absorb some of the bad stuff. U r also helping the environment like this as ur using less plastic :) plus the customer/buyer gets an extra piece of fee plant and if they don’t want it they can always compost it or just throw it away.
Thanks, nice to know what a properly packed package looks like.
Been needing this!!! Thank you 🙏
You are truly a person of many talents.
Thank you so much.
Very useful, thank you
What a great video, thank you
Another awesome video! Love it!
Yay, glad you enjoyed it!
Very useful..thankyou
Wow, wish I could order all things from you. Your the best packager I’ve ever seen. 👍🏻❤️
Wow, thank you so much! Or more like, thanks to all the other fish sellers I learned from. 😂
Excellent excellent excellent!
You're back! ❤
Yeah baby! 😁
Very informative! Subbed! Wished you uploaded more often tho
Awesome 🙌🎅
Thanks so much for this video! I have a new colony of shrimp and once they start breeding I want to sell some online. This will help me out a lot!
Yay, I'm so glad to hear that!
My dad is wanting to send me some pearl Danois to put with my white opal betta, so this video is perfect timing for me. 😂
Ooo that sounds like such a beautiful stocking selection! Best of luck with the shipping.
this is literally the best shipping video I have seen, and I have checked a lot of vids. you covered pretty much everything there is to know about shipping. One question, since im using the breather bags, would affect the ocygen exchange if I wrapped the whole package with plastic bags? also, do you recommend adding some purigen in the bag? thanks for everything, im geting into shipping shrimps and im doing my research as you did.
I'm glad it helped you! I wrapped the insides of the package with plastic bags, but since it wasn't airtight or waterproof, I believe gas exchange still occurred. I seem to remember that Rachel O'Leary would add a chunk of sponge that removes ammonia and other toxic chemicals, but I can't find the name of it.
Great information! I may be selling some shrimp on craigslist soon, but I want to be prepared before listing anything and this video is full of excellent tips. So do you think that I should buy some shrimp food to give away to customers? What is the protocol for a seller? I have plenty of carpeting plants that I could give away as I let the excess dwarf sag and valisnaria nana float, but I have no frogbit or mosses.
Any advice would be appreciated Irene. What substitute for newsprint do you suggest because I don't get newspapers anymore?
Hi. I was wondering does B.B. have a link for her tank dividers? Thank you for the video!
I've sold 1,000s on eBay out of a 10g tank. I make around $70 net profit per week from that tank alone.
that's quite a bit of work for 70 bucks. It is shrimp so not bad. I really get spoiled working in IT I get 70 bucks in 1.5 hours
Can you make a video on how to advertise selling fish? I think that would helpful to people who aren’t getting many buyers
Thank you for the amazing tutorial! I am going to start breeding my axolotls soon and I am very prepared, I’m just worried about customers how do you get your name out there? I don’t wanna end up with 400+ babies 😂 social media is definitely the way to go but any other tips?
Well done. I have this one bookmarked in case I ever decide to start selling online. One question: what size rubber bands do you use? I take fish to my LFS fairly often, and I can only find assortment packs at the store.
Oh good question! I just asked my LFS if I could buy some of their fish bags and rubber bands so I could sell them fish, and they were like "Here" and gave me a ton of them. So I actually have no idea what size they are. 😅
May I ask what category you list your videos under?
Hi ! The insulation foam link takes me to a pink foam is that one fine to use to ship ?
Silly question but with wrapping them in the paper and tying the plastic bag is this sealing them from air. I guess there is lots of air for exchange caught in the bag though?
What box would you use for shipping in the uk 🇬🇧
Great video! I bought a styrofoam cutter on eBay for around $8. That way you get better edges and it doesn’t make a mess. 😜
Oh my goodness, I wish I had thought to do that! So much cleanup... 😰
A Gamer's Wife you should try it next time.
Can’t the shrimp go through the holes in the tank separator?
Do you not poke airholes in the box?
😀
Ask her if she drip acclimated, if she didn’t kinda her fault for the die off 😊 great video, very informative
She said she did for an hour
@@courtneytupper6389 yeah you’re right, I rewatched it and caught it the second time round, cheers, so used to people floating bags and thinking thats acclimation 👍
When selling fish do you have to habe a license or need a business card??
What is the cost of shipping? Thank you.
Can we ship fish from Dubai to Texas?
Good lord, is that all there is to it? 50 steps, no problem...ahahagahgaha. I be charging $50 per shrimp :)
Haha, right? I think if you were going to frequently ship, you could probably save a lot of time by purchasing the foam in precut pieces, buying premade labels, etc.
How many hours the shrimp inside the plastic bag?
Have you ever used a small piece of poly-filter when you ship?
It can absorb wastes and ammonia.
I've heard that stuff is awesome! If I ever started selling fish and shrimp on a larger scale, I would definitely invest in Poly-filter to reduce losses.
I always use a couple pebbles of a zeolite/carbon blend. Works great, especially for 🐟.
I recently got fish shipped in but those type of bags you're using and the fish came both times two fish came back and died I knew the moment I opened the box I had dead fish because I could smell them decaying what's the secret to keep him alive on those bags
for floating plants i wouldnt wrap in paper towels id only put paer towel on the side of the roots
it maximizes the amanout of survivors
Now how do we purchase some shrimp of yours?!😂
Haha, unfortunately I've already sold them all so I can start my next breeding project in 2020. 🦐💰
Hi! I recently bought some cherry shrimp online but they came *transperent* and only one of them has gotten their color back... What can I do?
Oh dear. If they're juveniles, they should gain more color as they get older. But if they're adults, you may have been sent some low grade cherry shrimp. You can try feeding them krill-based foods to see if it'll bring out their coloration. Hope that helps!
@@GirlTalksFish Thank you so much!!! I an feeding them carrots as you mentioned in one of your videps it can help with color (I think it was in "What to feed your shrimp" video or something like that) I am also going to buy spirulina since I read it can also help with coloring. About age most of them are about 1 inch, so I assume that means adult
I have a ton of baby nyererei cichlids I plan on selling but shipping just makes me soooo nervous.
You can do it! Babies are surprisingly resilient. Best of luck to ya. 😊
I used the method in this video with the breather bags to ship my beloved blood parrots. The bags leaked during shipment and my fish died.
GUYS HELP! I HAVE A gH reading of 0 and a kH of like 15-18, am I okay???
Hmm, that sounds like super soft water with high buffering capacity (which means you won't be able to change the pH as easily). There are ways to raise the GH, but you could probably keep a lot of Amazonian fish and maybe even cardinal shrimp with those kinds of readings. Definitely do more research on them first.
A Gamer's Wife I have 7 tanks rn and all my fish are flourishing. I keep angels, tetras, even killis and gouramis and a dwarf puffer. Most of my plants do pretty decent I’m just paranoid about plants not doing super great :( all my root feeding plants seem to be doing great, but all my stem plants do lackluster. The only stem plant that is flourishing is some hygro. Angustifolia.
Can you ship to phillipines?
Unfortunately, I don't ship internationally right now. 😅
Is it necessary to have a LIVE FISH label? I feel like it attracts unwanted attention
Great question! I think it may depend on your post office. I have a full-time fish breeder/seller who lives near me and frequently uses the same post office, so they don't freak out when they see that label. Not that it guarantees it, but I do think the delivery people do treat the boxes a little better when they see that label because no one wants to see animals hurt. 🤞
What happened to a gamers wife? Did she get divorced?
Using that kind of flakey styrofoam is a sure way to get your customers to hate you and never order again.
A lot of work. That is why I do not ever plan on shipping any aquatics.