How long can a bichir (lets say 4") stay alive for in a shipping container? I was not home when the usps delivered my delhezi, and now I have to wait until 830 tomorrow at the earliest to pick him up, and was wondering if I should still have hope that he's alive. Toyin sent him Tuesday night, so it'll have been in its shipping container for about 48 hours if not more.
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- Thread starter davcheng
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He should be fine...Toyin is an experienced shipper.
I have had fish from Rich (Infinite Aquatics) and Alex (Fish Room Plus) that was held up for more than 48 hours and they all made it..
stan
I have had fish from Rich (Infinite Aquatics) and Alex (Fish Room Plus) that was held up for more than 48 hours and they all made it..
stan
I think he should be OK as long as the temps arent extreme where he is being held. My brother "Kursed" had a couple of less than 1" dats held up in customs for 4 or 5 days in their bags and they were all OK. They weren't professionally packed either because i packed them..LOL. Good luck to the little guy!
Should be ok since they are tough fish and sometimes are caught in less than optimal water conditions. I was shipped a bunch of Haitian fry and it took almost 72 hours to get them and 2 of the 3 bags were 100% alive and about 25% of the 3 rd bag was doa but it probably was not the shipping as I am guessing one died early on and tainted the water.
