How do you ship your zoanthids in cold weather?

[mfinn]

The title is pretty much the question.
How do you ship your stuff in cold weather?

The reason I'm asking is I've gotten two packages delivered in the past couple months with the same results. Cold water.
About half of the frags I got last month didn't make it on one shipment and on my last, the jury's still out.

So what do you do to make sure the frags get to the buyer in good shape?

[walmart]

I have the frags in a dubble lined bag + dubble bagged then in a styrofoam coolor and fill with packing peanuts and insert a long term heat pack

[coralfarm123]

Big heat packs that last at least 40-72 hrs help, and if you are shipping in styrofoam boxes it is important to have a small breather hole so that the heatpack can get oxygen which is needed to generate the heat. Sometimes people over seal their packages and the heatpacks stop working or low quality heat packs are used to begin with. Uniheat is a pretty good brand that offers 40, 60, and 72 hour packs.

[mfinn]

coralfarm123,,, walmart
that is exactly what I was hoping to see and bring out in this thread.
Using more than 20 or 24 hour heat packs,,, and leaving some way to let oxygen in to keep the heat packs working.

[coralfarm123]

The 20-24 hr heatpacks work fine for Fall and Spring when only the nights are little cooler, but not acceptable for winter weather. Also with the longer lasting heatpacks you get the extra security just in case a package is late which is not uncommon around the holiday season.

[cardgenius]

I use a styro-lined box with a 60+ hour heat pack. Poke a hole or two in the styro for oxygen. Take it to the post office or ups store as late as possible and only ship overnight.

[Pufferpunk]

Can't you just wait until the warmer weather?

[mfinn]

Originally posted by Pufferpunk
Can't you just wait until the warmer weather?

That would be the smarter thing to do,,, but when you just gotta have it......

[dark_stranger]

I get zoa's from your side of the pond frequently & have only had 2 or 3 deaths. My deliverys normally take 3 days, although once it took 4 days as the package got stuck on a plane in a snow drift, but all arrived safely, but these where poly boxed, void fill & heat packs.

I also send zoa's around the uk & double bag them, double walled cardboard box, poly box, void fill & 40hr heat pack. As of today, 100% success rate.

[lfduty]

Originally posted by cardgenius
I use a styro-lined box with a 60+ hour heat pack. Poke a hole or two in the styro for oxygen. Take it to the post office or ups store as late as possible and only ship overnight.

That what I do. Pufferpunk some time you cant wait until the warmer weather

[TKByrnes]

where is the best place to get the 40+ hour heat packs?

[lfduty]

Go to you UPS hub they will have it that's were I get it from your US mail hub may have it as well

[TKByrnes]

cool thanks.