shipping

[Zoanuts]

When do you stop using heat packs and use cool packs or not use any at all?

 

[TyreeUM]

i dont use heat when the temp is above 60

 

[rocko918]

whos temp? your temp or the place you are shipping?

 

[Zoanuts]

Just curious about this. I shipped a pack to fl. the temp here was in the 60 and the temp there was in the 70's. Only one frag made it. Is it better to ship in water or the paper towel method better in this situation. I just don't want to make this mistake again!! It is costly for both parties.

 

[d.grcich]

I have flown in bombers across oceans and if cargo planes are anything like that it gets really.. really... cold when your in the air. It would be interesting to add a high/low digital thermometer to a package just to see what kind of temp fluctuations these packages are subjected to.

 

[Zoanuts]

Temps at high altitude can go far below-20 to -30 degrees.

 

[Stixbaraca]

I would even use heat above 60 degrees personally

 

[I-K@ndY]

When temp are above 70 I only use the small heat pack like the one's from home depot 10hrs ....

 

[Randy]

I would still use a heat pack till the 70's just add some more paper around the pack and use something like penuts to support it off of the bags.

 

[Briney Dave]

I got a zoanthid donation come in the other day shipped by priority;
it was ice cold. (had to be in the 50's tops) nearly all have already began to open. will I end up lossing some? maybe but all in all a shocking testiment to how tough the zoanthids are. He shipped them in water rather than damp. I am not sure if that would have changed the results or not though

 

[Azurel]

Yea I would rather have corals in cold water then to hot.....Cold water will have a higher oxygen count as well and suppress ammonia, from they way I understand it....

 

[snake]

hey dustin-the frags you sent to florida yesterday made it just fine. i don't know if they needed the heat pack or not, at any rate the heat pack was wasn't really very warm at all when i opened the box at 2:00 this afternoon. nicely packed, tell debbie thanks-greg

 

[organism]

I have flown in bombers across oceans and if cargo planes are anything like that it gets really.. really... cold when your in the air. It would be interesting to add a high/low digital thermometer to a package just to see what kind of temp fluctuations these packages are subjected to.

I've done that actually, in a properly sealed cooler the temperature won't drop more than 4-9 degrees, in a non properly sealed cooler it will drop up to 30-39 degrees

 

[organism]

also, I stop using heat packs at about 70 degrees, like coralnutz said, corals are much, much more likely to survive being too cold rather than too warm, especially zoanthids

 

[reefboy]

im in agreement after it gets in the 70's i stop and during the dog days ill use cold packs triple wraped in newspaper to help keep cool usaly july-august and sometimes in sept.

 

[Zoanuts]

Great Info. Where is Brian on this discussion? Briiiiiaaannn where are you?

 

[vetteman]

So I'm going send a stryo container made for medical use to San Diego,CA from Myrtle Beach, SC our weather is good and their weather is good but what about every where in between.......I plan to use a heatpack.......

 

[divecj5]

Hey Vetteman....do you live in Myrtle Beach? I am in Charleston and wouldn't mind heading up that way sometime to meet up if you're close.

Sorry, no input on shipping since I've never shipped any before :)

Adam