Re: [Killietalk] Killies from conventions

["J. C." <hillbillynursery at yahoo_com>]

 This is only my fifth shipment of fish through the mail. 2 shipments were 14+ years ago. The last three have been this year with killies. I have to say the ones in small amounts of water and no air in the breather bags all arived well. They seem to be less stressed than the last shipment I got which had a pair in a couple cups of water in a breather bag. The other shipment used regular fish bags with air at the top. This shipment was a quicker shipment than the breather bag with alot of water yet the fish were still stressed. I purchased 2 trios and they bagged a trio in each bag. So from my recieving of fish I believe the small amount of water actually made the best shipping method. I do believe this could be pushed to far as well. This shipment had about 1/4 a cup of water with each fish. Thanks Tony as they are everyone doing fine now. One was not being active and was pale on arrive when I emailed him of their arrival.

                                                            Later, John Cox
LeeH920226 at aol_com wrote:

In a message dated 8/2/05 5:12:40 PM, BizEcology at aol_com writes:

<< A pair of completely immobilized fish in a tablespoon 
of water in a tiny breather bag is something I found disgusting. >>

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