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chad-Why would the drown? I have an o2 tank. and Am studying up on shipping.

I said custom because My dad and I want to start selling them, dosent matter what size. Was just trying to see what most people would want. ( the tanks are for local pickup also)
 
They need to breath air. They will drown if they cannot breath air.

Chad
 
Wellp, Learned something new :). did not know they breath air, Just means I need a bigger bag that holds more air. I'm going to check if its illegal to ship them out of the state or to sell them. When I figure this out I will get back to you on the fish.
 
Just my 2 cents... if ANY air breathing fish drowns while being shipped, there would never have been any Channa, Protopterus, Lepidosiren, Colisa, Heck, any of the anabantoids, etc... outside of their native country.

In other words - It's done often, but you need to watch the water / air(oxygen) ratio, as well as the number of fish in the bag.
 
If I do ship a fish, they will be small no bigger than 6". If the fish is close to 6" I will keep him in a seperate bag, if they are small maybe 2-3 Max.
 
You're right on track...
 
Just a helpful note on shipping Bowfin..Do not use oxygen when shipping them as this will over saturate the water with oxygen which shuts off the requrement for the fish to surface for air. this will often drown the fish as it thinks it is getting proper oxygen when in fact it is not. Do not ship the fish with heat packs either as this will trigger the fish to want to surface more frequently also. Shipping them cool in non-oxygenated bags with much more air than water works best.

Good luck.
 
Milk,

I am definitely going to need a quote on a stand for my 360 I have coming in a week or two.

I'll get the dimensions to you as soon as I can. Can't remember them and the tank is at a store in Kissimmee being repaired.

Also, keep me in mind for the bowfin please? I'd like to get the most colorful one you can come up with. :)

-Samps
 
can i see a pic of the smallest bowfins you caught so far? shipping quote to 56187 also please
 
Never said shipping air breather couldn't be done. I said there is just a certain way of doing it. You can't just treat it like any other fish.

Chad
 
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