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Shipping large Synos
Posted: 22 Aug 2004, 06:35
by troi
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
Posted: 22 Aug 2004, 19:15
by pturley
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.
Posted: 22 Aug 2004, 21:23
by troi
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
Posted: 23 Aug 2004, 18:51
by 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
Posted: 23 Aug 2004, 19:42
by troi
[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
Posted: 23 Aug 2004, 22:06
by Steen
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