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Re: Shipping Eggs
Hi Sandy and Allen, The only thing I would add, is wait until the eggs have eyed up before sending them. That way, you know you are sending viable eggs. Put the eggs in a tube of water or a small killi bag with water, and then get some styro or rubber foam around them anyway you can. Tim's box is a good cheap way to do this. You can also send the eggs in damp peat, I'm pretty sure this arrests developement, so they will not hatch en route.
Allen, I got some of the E.fasciolatus "conakry" eggs from Tim, they are doing very well (got 10 fry). What did you get from Tim? JUst curious. Ron
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 02:57:55
Csinf wrote:
>In a message dated 6/15/00 0:00:59 AM EST, Sandy1238 at aol_com writes:
>
> Hi,
> I would like to know if anyone has had experiences shipping eggs from
>England
> and what to do to make their transport efficiently.
> Regards,
> Sandy >>
>
>
>Hello Sandy,
> Tim Addis of England ( timaddis at killiefish_force9.co.uk ) or Roger
>Hoelter in California ( Rhoelter at aol_com ) should be able to answer your
>question.
> Both use a small clear glass vial with a plastic stopper, encased in
>Styrofoam to ship water incubated eggs. For peat spawners use a small
>plastic bag encased in Styrofoam. Tim's method is three layers of Styrofoam
>taped together. The center layer is cut out to receive the egg vial or
>packet. The top layer is removed by cutting around three sides, leaving one
>side as a hinge. It only costs $1.58 to return Tim's egg container to
>England by Airmail. Hope this helps.
>
>Regards,
>
>Allen McNealy
>
>
>
>
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