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RE: Shipping Eggs

I only dabble in killies (annuals only) and I've never shipped or received
non-annual eggs in the mail.  You say that you can wait until they eye up
before shipping them and they won't hatch enroute?  What triggers hatching?

-----Original Message-----
From: ronald anderson [mailto:yodeman at mailcity_com]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:03 PM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: 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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