Shipping Chaeto- Water??

[Spuds725]

I'm going to mail some chaeto to a local reefer but have never done this...

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=937145

How much if any water should I put in the bag-- does it need to stay covered...

How much life if any makes it and does it tolerate cooler temps...

Any suggestions or info would be appreciated...

Thanks...

Spuds/Bill

 

[sir_dudeguy]

when i ordered my snails from reeftopia.com they shipped them dry. There was jst a really high humidity level in the bag i guess (it was all fogged up) but there wasnt actually water in there...i got 60 of them and not a one has died since i got em'....so maybe you could do something like that? Maybe contact reeftopia.com and see what they say? I'd think you could do that...chaeto is pretty durable stuff...i left a piece dry for a day and it came back once i thru it back in the tank..but if it had moisture/humidity i'd think it'd be fine.

 

[Spuds725]

Thanks dudeguy...

anyone else??

 

[Gillybaby]

I send chaeto by post regularly in the UK. I use a small ziplock freezer bag, pop in the chaeto with a tsp of water and then carefully squeeze as much air out as possible before sealing the ziplock. Then I wrap that in another bag in case of leaks and pop the lot into a padded jiffy bag.

Sent lots like this and the algae along with any hitchiking starfish and bristleworms have always arrived at their destinations safe and sound, even if it takes a couple of days.

HTH

 

[Spuds725]

Thanks Gillybaby...

I feel better getting info from someone that has done this... not that I didn't appreciate dudeguys response...

thanks for the responses...