Shipping

[Ethos]

I was just woundering because I've seen a couple of people asking about shipping.....

 

[Ethos]

bump....erm.....

Post what your expirences are...

 

[Weaver]

Ihave recently bought bettas from England( I am in N ireland)All arrived safe and sond but then I trusted the buyer from reading about his fish in these forms
I dont think I would chance one from Thailand etc though Im sure many folks have done so successfully or sites like aquabid would not survive

 

[BigC]

I keep and breed Killifish so sending & recieving fish/eggs is a regular occurance. (mainly in the summer months. I send fish & eggs to Mainland UK, United States, Europe and Scandinavia.

 

[modernhamlet]

I had 24 mbuna and 3 petricola catfish shipped alive and very well to me from Arizona to Massachusetts. Not overseas, but still a very good experience. Just make sure you're buying from someone that ships fish a lot. They tend to know what they're doing.

 

[Synirr]

I haven't shipped fish yet (but I will next week, assuming the shipping bags I ordered haven't been lost in the mail ). I have, however, received fish and they were all fine, even those that took 4 days to get here.

 

[Adistar]

IVe gotta recently 3 bettas shipped to me, all active and very healthy. EAting right after i acclimated them.

Ive also had snails shipped to me. and shipped to people

 

[playfulalliecat]

I have picked up fish that were over 6 hours from me. Not sure if you would qualify that as shipping but they were packed as for shipping and I had to drive them home.

I also have shipped 25 or so Christmas Fulus to New Jersey from near Indianapolis, Indiana. We didn't feed them the day prior to shipping and packed them in bags with Amquel added to prevent ammonia problems. They were shipped in summer so we didn't have to worry about heatpacks. They all arrived alive and well.

 

[Angel Lady]

I plan on having some bettas shipped to me soon and I cant hardly wait. And I am only wanting to go the two day method. I dont want my little babies to be in a shipping bag for no more than a day...

 

[andywg]

Paul_MTS had an order of some doradids, whiptails and some others shipped in from Peru a little while ago. I recall he lost a few.

Never shipped myself.

 

[Paul_MTS]

I sure did. Wasn't a great experience though down to the person I was doing it through (Oddball Express).

All the fish that came to me direct from Peru are doing fine, the water that they came in was quite nasty though!

I then hadthe rest of my ordered posted through from Oddball Express a few weeks later and all but 1 of those fish died.

 

[JackDemp528]

I just got a betta from Thailand a few weeks ago, then the next week got 4 bettas from Wuv in Texas.

 

[Bloo]

Yes I've used Trimar and Bettaman - all worked fine (within the UK)

 

[chishnfips]

I am interested in how you pack the fish. If you put them in a bag I suppose there is enough oxygen in the water, but for how long and what sort of courier would you use?

 

[OohFeeshy]

Theres a pinned in the faq section, but no one seems to want to tell me what company to use.... I haven't shipped or recieved, but I probably will when I start breeding bettas and will have a pair shipped to me whenever that is.