Shipping Black Arowanas in 65F... HELP PLEASE!

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Hello everyone

I need some help. I am sending some Black Arowana's fish to my friend over in Wyoming. The temperature in both areas, high of mid 60's and low mid 50's. I am going to be using a 1" thick Styrofoam box inside a cardboard box. Will be using this in conjunction with packing peanuts, poret foam (as separators), newspaper, and towels as insulation.

Also using Kordon's Breathing Bags. With this heavy amount of insulation, my question is do I really need a heat pack? I'm concerned that the heat pack might use up all the oxygen and/or cause overheating in the container (26x13x13 inside dimensions).

Any help would GREATLY help!

Best Regards,
Jeff
 
dont know 65 seems pretty cold to me how big are they?
 
They are 6" long - just shipping two of them in that size container.
 
I would throw in a couple of heat packs.
 
heat pack would help if you are concerned, also try to ship air cargo and your friend can go pick up within the same day if you can arrange the schedule properly. this way they will just be in the bag for few hrs instead of over night.
 
What airline does Aircargo? I don't have an account with any of them.

Thanks!
 
I used Delta, you do not require to have an account with them.
best if you can get it on a direct flight, if transfer flights are your only options then you'll have to have at least 2 hours overlap time in between the flights so they can transfer your cargo to an other flight.
find out what time the Delta cargo office at your friend's airport closes and try to select the flight that will get there at least one hour before it closes.
your friend can pay for shipping when he pick up the package so you don't have to pay a thing up front. last time I shipped two boxes with total weight of 80 something pounds and was just around $85 bucks.
I tried to call UPS and FedEx but they don't do live animals.
 
Be sure to quadruple bag the fish securely and add heatpacks into the styrofoam boxes and be sure to use a thick and sturdy outer box.
Also make sure you label the box, "handle with care, live fish, please keep warm, do not drop"
UPS and FedEx does ship live animals, as we ship out a ton of live fish with FedEx every single day. I wouldn't recommend UPS as they always delay the fish, and USPS Express is ok, they are a hit and miss and sometimes make it on time, most of the time, they are late.
 
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