Re: [Killietalk] Shipping fish eggs

[markc <markc at wire-online_com>]

Maybe the easiest way to go around this is just put lots of extra eggs.
I had been getting good hatch rate from a seller who normally would sent 
the eggs in air tight sealed styrofoam box.


Wright Huntley wrote:

>Ken wrote:
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>>I said all that to say; I suppose just sometimes despite the best efforts of
>>both "traders", something simply damages eggs enroute (at least to & from
>>certain places). I don't know what can be done...
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>IME, the biggest problem with international egg shipments tends to be 
>one of insulation from the sharp temperature changes. The skin of a 
>plane at 40,000 ft can be somewhere down around -50F, so the best of 
>heating and pressurization does very little to protect a package with 
>less than an inch of solid styro around the eggs if it is deck loaded. 
>Unsealed seams can make the styro lose up to 90% of its insulating 
>ability, too. Solid box with fitted lid is needed.
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>Think how stable, by comparison, your fishroom egg box is.
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>Aluminum foil is utterly worthless for blocking X-rays. If you suspect 
>the inspection equipment, they do sell, at photo shops, lead-lined bags 
>for protecting film. One of those might help, too. [They might be a good 
>last resort, if you have consistent bad results to/from a particular 
>country.]
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>Some countries have known, active, Al Kaeda cells working. Singapore is 
>one of those. Therefore you should expect all individually-sent packages 
>from there to be held and opened for inspection by customs. It doesn't 
>pay to lie on the content declaration, if you know for sure the package 
>will be opened and your lie exposed. [Smuggling was an easy and honored 
>way of life before 9/11. Not now.]
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>Too much stuff that would be destroyed by radiation is routinely shipped 
>by air, so I tend to not suspect the X-ray gear, but blame poor thermal 
>insulation or other bad packaging for most failed egg shipments.
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>Just my US$0.02. YMMV.
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>Wright
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>PS. It costs nothing to prominently label the package "PERISHABLE! 
>Please do not deck load."
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