RioReefr
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So, I had a few hours to spare in MIA and decided to pick up a cleaner shrimp. They double-bagged him, got him at 5pm EST right before a 9pm EST flight. Going through TSA was simple since I had him in the transparent bag, they waved him through w/o any issues.
On the 8-hour international flight, about 1 hour before landing checked the bag and everything was fine....he was swimming around (in the oxygenated bag).
Go through Customs (nothing to declare line), no x-ray or anything. Get into the Uber to check "my little buddy" and surprised to see him belly-up. He was a goner.
Not sure what could have happened. The bag did seem to lose some pressure compared to when I initially picked him.
Was it the dropped in altitude pressure on the descent that killed him?
Was maybe the temperature inside the plane too cold?
Just weird he had survived right up to the point where I had to put my things away on the descent and thought everything was going to be A-OK. Sux.... because he was such a beautiful specimen and cleaner-shrimps are nearly impossible to find in Brazil (crazy import livestock laws).
Just wondering if I could have done something different....perhaps an styrofoam insulated cooler to maintain temperature better??
According to the fish store (Stictly Fish), they said he would survive 24 hours and the flight duration should not have been a problem.
On the 8-hour international flight, about 1 hour before landing checked the bag and everything was fine....he was swimming around (in the oxygenated bag).
Go through Customs (nothing to declare line), no x-ray or anything. Get into the Uber to check "my little buddy" and surprised to see him belly-up. He was a goner.
Not sure what could have happened. The bag did seem to lose some pressure compared to when I initially picked him.
Was it the dropped in altitude pressure on the descent that killed him?
Was maybe the temperature inside the plane too cold?
Just weird he had survived right up to the point where I had to put my things away on the descent and thought everything was going to be A-OK. Sux.... because he was such a beautiful specimen and cleaner-shrimps are nearly impossible to find in Brazil (crazy import livestock laws).
Just wondering if I could have done something different....perhaps an styrofoam insulated cooler to maintain temperature better??
According to the fish store (Stictly Fish), they said he would survive 24 hours and the flight duration should not have been a problem.