Re: [Killietalk] N. guentheri

[Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net>]

Phil,

Shipping this time of year is particularly "iffy."

Nothos seem more than ordinarily sensitive to some kinds of shipping 
shock. Even if they survive, they can go into the notorious "rapid 
decline" and I don't think we understand it very well. [I think Barry 
has one species that expires if you just say "shipping" in the fishroom. 
:^)]

Airport-to-airport in *thick* (2"+) styros with 24 hr heat packs (inside 
cardboard and outside styro) and outer cardboard boxes are the only way 
I know that works when the weather gets *this* cold (global warming 
striking again!).

The "War on Terror" may have rendered this approach obsolete, IDK. 
[Wonder if it will be as big a disaster as the "War on Drugs," aka the 
Govt. Drug-Price-Support Program.]

Wright

Pjeversman at aol_com wrote:

> I can send you some when the weather warms a bit.  I recently sent some to 
> St. Louis but I think the cold may have done them in, even though they were sent 
> in styrofoam.
>
> Phil


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