Re: [RML] sourcing of fish or eggs

Mach T. Fukada (fukada at hawaii.edu)
Fri, 06 Nov 1998 07:52:11

I have shipped eggs in November/December to Missouri. They seemed to come
through OK. Of course I did take the precaution of double boxing the eggs
(styro inside of styro). Also the water was 50% seawater and this should
have also dpressed the freezing point of the water. I think it is possible
depending on where the eggs or fish are sent. Looking into getting some
stuff out of Az soon.
MTF

At 06:25 AM 11/6/98 -1000, you wrote:
>Just a couple of quick questions:
>Is this list an appropriate venue for sourcing fish and/or eggs?
>
>Can fish eggs be mailed in the winter? Logic tells me "no, they would
>freeze" - but it also tells me that shipping eggs via airliners at 35,000 ft
>would expose them to freezing temperatures too, at least in the standard,
>unheated mail compartments.
>
>Thanks, Harro, for sending me the "Regenbogenfische" book. Excellent
>pictures, btw. However, the author suggests to keep M. boesemani and M.
>herbertaxelrodi in 600l tanks. That's 170 US gal or 133 Imp gal. In other
>words, a fairly large tank. How reasonable is this? I'd like to have a small
>school (about six) of either (not both), in a 250l aquarium. Does that make
>sense?
>
>Last question: Does anybody in Southern Ontario have eggs/fry/juveniles of
>these species and is willing to part with them?
>
>TIA
>
>Michael Eckardt
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>"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity." Unknown
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Mach T. Fukada, Web Master
fukada at hawaii.edu
Honolulu Aquarium Society
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/2948/HASF.html