Thinking about selling a large berried marbled crayfish but have shipping questions

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Smertrios

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I have shipped young marbled crayfish many times with 12+ in a kordon breather bag, about 32 ounces of water, a bit of java moss and nearly no air with no major losses (meaning almost always the 12 would get there).

The crayfish I am thinking about selling now was moved from my main tank to a 10 gallon to hatch out but then didn't get moved back to the main tank. That was about a month or so ago and now she is berried again! I have a few young ones that are much bigger than I usually ship out getting bigger by the day and will have many berried crayfish soon so I'm thinking about selling my berried crayfish starting with the largest.

Takes 4 days for the eggs to be bonded to the swimmers strong enough to not fall off (or so I've read in posts about "stripping" eggs) which will be in another 4 days. Do you think the kordon breather bag is a wise choice when shipping an adult crayfish? I don't have any other bags on hand at the moment.
 
I wouldnt suggest shipping her until her eggs hatch, or she may drop them. Once they hatch you have a bout a week before they leave her to ship her. I would not suggest using breather bags with crays, they do best in 2mil bags with just enough water to go half way up their side and a wet paper towel. Most crayfish tend to be sensitive to low oxygen content and i have never had a loss shipping like that.
 
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