Need Help....What Method Shipping Big Dat!!!!!

T1KARMANN said:

I would stave them for 3-4 days before shipping as they seam to crap bad in the box

To tell the truth I wouldn't risk shipping anything over 16inch by air as the risk of death longer than 4 hours in transit is high

If you are moving the fish your self then put it directly in the poly box with as much water as you can and have another polybox full of spare water and think about changing it after 4 hours if the trip is longer

What you could also do is float a bag of carbon in the box to get rid of some of the toxins

I shipped four 14inch ST from Singapore one was DOA one was near death but just pull around after 4 weeks it started feeding again the other 2 were fine

I also shipped 2 ST myself for only 4 hours one was fine the other died 6 hours later

It's a big gamble shipping anything above 16inch

I hope the move goes well


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pURPLEcHILLIrED123 said:

Best way to ship is airport to airport, same day delivery. Don't use UPS or FedEx as the package might get delayed or lost. But cargo, even if the plane is delayed you can still pick it up when it arrives instead of waiting for the package. Good luck.

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T1KARMANN said:

Like I said it all depends of the size of the tiger

The bigger the tiger the taller they are so need more water in the box and the bigger the box

A 16inch tiger will need a 24inch polybox with min 12inch deep of water

Or the tiger will lay on its side in the box and they don't like it one bit


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ozz465 said:

1st tip is don't buy from someone who doesn't guarantee live arrival, way too much risk for a pricey animal like that.

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Totroc3 said:

One thing I have learned recently is to avoid the larger airports if you can help it. I had never had trouble until this week. I bought 2 black rays from a seller in Pennsylvania and the packaged did a layover in Atlanta which is Delta Airlines base of operations. My rays were lost and nobody could find them. They showed up 17 hours late. I was told by airline employees that the bigger airports tend to lose more cargo than smaller ones. Thank goodness they were still alive but mostly because the shipper used large boxes and oxygen instead of air. Hope this helps.


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