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This is a good idea too. I recently had a heater thermostat issue in my Berghia only tank that got the water to 96 degrees. I pulled it out and came back in a couple hours expecting to start pipetting the corpses. To my surprise they were all alive and moving around. So I have faith that summertime 3 day should work. To your other point...I have come to realize I don't raise Berghia....I am an Aiptasia farmer that has a bug problem.Interesting idea.
Disclaimer-I am biased as I sell adult Berghia (which I think are the better product), but as you say are expensive mostly because it is a pain in the behind to grow enough aiptasia to raise/feed them. Adult Berghia do not ship well unless you use overnight.
My suggestion-if you are trying to come up with a cheaper way to do this, why not just try shipping larvae or small juveniles? These are easy to generate and viability after delivery is easily verified with a simple hand lens. Even the little guys will survive 2-3 days without food, and you could just include a couple of tiny aiptasia in the container anyway. For small juveniles even an 8 ounce jar is virtually an ocean of water so there probably won’t be any issues with oxygen depletion, ammonia, etc.