Best way to ship a bta?

[kinerson]

I have heard that if you want to ship an anemone you should take it out of the water for 5 minutes so that it expels all it's water and then place it into a bag with no water in order to ship overnight. This sounds crazy to me but it may not be. Anyone know the best way to ship these animals?
Thanks,
Greg

 

[Chihuahua6]

See the Anemone forum.

 

[greenbean36191]

Yep, that's the way it's done. Just make sure you fill the bag with air.

 

[RBU1]

Just make sure you have a way to control temp. With no water in the bag the temp changes a great deal more. But I believe it was Calfo that suggested anemones be shipped with no water. It keeps them from ingesting crap they expell. I had a person ship a GBTA to me that way and all was fine. It was in the summer time though. Good luck.