Shipping large Synos

troi · Post by **troi** » 22 Aug 2004, 06:35

Does anyone have any suggestions for shipping adult synos? I am concerned about the pectoral spines puncturing plastic bags. Also, how much water/oxygen per fish per bag? I may have six adult synos to ship.

If shipping has proven to be a fatal condition often, perhaps I should sell in stead of ship?

troi

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 22 Aug 2004, 19:15

Depending on the species (and subsequent adult size!)

For S. mulitpunctatus, the commercial box loading is 10-20 adult fish per styo. As a group, Synodontis handle shipping stresses quite well.

In three years of shipping CB baby S. multipunctatus at ~1" long. I never lost a single fish. This and I'd pack them as high as 100 per box!

As far as packaging is concerned:
Get a commercial styro and the heaviest full box fish bag you can buy (4 mil preferred) and double bag them with a section or two of newspaper between the bags. Pack them with no more than 1/3 volume of CLEAN water, the rest either air or O2 depending on how long they will be in the box.

Provided your fish aren't too big (you didn't indicate a species) they should do fine.

troi · Post by **troi** » 22 Aug 2004, 21:23

pturley wrote:Depending on the species (and subsequent adult size!)
Provided your fish aren't too big (you didn't indicate a species) they should do fine.

Whoops! Thanks, Paul.

Three decorus, the biggest 9-10 inches and three adult eupertus.

That is "Dottie," my oldest decoru, as my avatar. S/he is on the Planet Catfish S. decorus page in the video clip, as a much smaller fish.

troi

Steen · Post by **Steen** » 23 Aug 2004, 18:51

I had a 5-6 inch' S.eupterus puncturing a double plastic bag so don't use that!! Go for something more solid.
Steen

troi · Post by **troi** » 23 Aug 2004, 19:42

[quote="Steen"]I had a 5-6 inch' S.eupterus puncturing a double plastic bag so don't use that!! Go for something more solid.
Steen[/quote]

Any information on the thickness of the bags you used? Those spines are quite sharp and rigid.

troi

Steen · Post by **Steen** » 23 Aug 2004, 22:06

Well I don't remember exactly how thich the bags were, probably some of those with "round corners" that I have got some fish in from a LFS. Not much help I guess

I live close to the fish-shop who got the fish so it did survive.

This was when it still was in my tank..
Steen