Buying And Transporting Fish

[mark7616]

Im going back to england on friday and as i live near cruze hill i want to get some fish from either maidenhead aquatics or wildwoods. My question is ill be buying around 8 fish and wondered if it would be possible to put the all into bags with an oxygen tablet into a polystyrene box. Now here is the tricky bit i would be buying these fish at around 3pm ill then drive to liverpool and board the ferry at 8pm ill take the box on the ferry with me instead of leaving them in the car as its warmer on the boat. Ill then get back to northern ireland at about 6am and ill be home between 8-9am so the fish will be bagged and in transport from 3pm to say maximum 9am thats a total of 18 hours maximum. Is this going to be possible or will it be an expensive mistake

 

[aberdeen aquarist]

have answered in african!!

 

[mark7616]

cheers

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I have shipped fish (bristlenose plecos) that got delayed so they were bagged and boxed for almost 5 days- all arrived alive. Normally i ship fish Priority mail which takes 2-3 days and most fish do just fine. I don't use O or O tablets.