Shipping Out Questions

Jeremy0322 · 05-17-2009, 12:26 AM

I made my first coral sale a few hours ago and will be shipping out monday, the order consists of a fairly large leather, 4-5 Zoa frags, and some mushrooms. I was wondering what is the best way to package stuff up, how do you make sure nothing gets beat up in route? Any links would be helpful too, preferably with pictures. I just dont want the leather to get crushed by the rock its attached to.

Jeremy0322 · 05-17-2009, 04:26 AM

maybe haha

Adam Black · 05-17-2009, 04:40 AM

Use styrofoam to line your box with and use a heat pack or cold pack. Lots of newspaper.

Jeremy0322 · 05-17-2009, 04:46 AM

what im worried about is them flipping the box and hurting the leather, is there any way to prevent that from happening

Adam Black · 05-17-2009, 04:47 AM

NOPE. SORRY. I don't think it will hurt the leather though. How are you shipping it? Overnight?

lcstorc · 05-17-2009, 09:08 AM

Give the leather a chance to shrink before final packing. That will let you put the packing material (newspaper or whatever) in more closely. I know when my leather gets mad it shrinks to about 1/4 of the regular size so that may prevent some shipping stress.

Jeremy0322 · 05-17-2009, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lcstorc

Give the leather a chance to shrink before final packing. That will let you put the packing material (newspaper or whatever) in more closely. I know when my leather gets mad it shrinks to about 1/4 of the regular size so that may prevent some shipping stress.

We are going to do priority, that is how I got all the stuff and everything was just fine. About the leather shrinking, that was my plan, when mine does that it gets really really small.

FragFarmer · 05-28-2009, 09:12 PM

I ship in little plastic thermos bottles with heat packs in the box. I also ship overnight. US Post Office will usually do overnight for around $25 - $30. Ask them when the last truck leaves for the airport. Bring your coral to the post office about 30 minutes before the last truck heads out for the airport. That way your corals aren't in the bags all day at the post office. The least amount of time spent in the bags the better.

Jeremy0322 · 05-28-2009, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FragFarmer

I ship in little plastic thermos bottles with heat packs in the box. I also ship overnight. US Post Office will usually do overnight for around $25 - $30. Ask them when the last truck leaves for the airport. Bring your coral to the post office about 30 minutes before the last truck heads out for the airport. That way your corals aren't in the bags all day at the post office. The least amount of time spent in the bags the better.

Thats actually a really good idea. How much are those though?

FragFarmer · 05-28-2009, 10:21 PM

The thermos can be purchased at WalMart or Target. About $3 each.

I put the coral in a snack size ziploc bag. Hold the bag under water and seal it up almost all the way. Then squeeze it until most of the water is out. You only need about 1/8 cup of water in the bag. Seal it up under the water so no air is in the bag. Fold the bag in half and make sure the coral and all the water is on one side.

You can get about 3 frags, maybe 4 frags in a thermos. Take the entire thermos and dunk it under water. Fill any space in the thermos with water. Screw the lid on under water. Now if a bag breaks, you still got water for the coral. Plus it helps to retain heat. More water the better.

The thermos is a little 4" wide x 4" tall soup thermos. Holds about 2 cups of liquid.

Pack it in a box with a bunch of newspaper and toss a couple hand warmers in there.

Thermos : Product : Snak Jarâ„¢ SJ300

Jeremy0322 · 05-28-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by FragFarmer

The thermos can be purchased at WalMart or Target. About $3 each.

oh wow, not too bad at all. Man, what I would do to have a Target around me

05-17-2009, 12:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
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Jeremy0322 Tridacna maxima Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 4,753 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Shipping Out Questions maybe haha __________________ UNCW 2011 -Marine Biology Major -Oceanography Minor The old 90 Gallon Build r.i.p Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten....

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Adam Black Plate Coral Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CA Posts: 729 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Shipping Out Questions Use styrofoam to line your box with and use a heat pack or cold pack. Lots of newspaper. __________________ 65G RR,2-250 Aquamedic pendents(Hamilton 14k DE) with 2 Vho supplements fired with IC440.29g sump. Octo extreme 200 skimmer,Mag 7 return, 2 Maxi 1200 with 2200gph mods.

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Jeremy0322 Tridacna maxima Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 4,753 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Shipping Out Questions what im worried about is them flipping the box and hurting the leather, is there any way to prevent that from happening __________________ UNCW 2011 -Marine Biology Major -Oceanography Minor The old 90 Gallon Build r.i.p Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten....

05-17-2009, 04:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
Adam Black Plate Coral Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CA Posts: 729 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Shipping Out Questions NOPE. SORRY. I don't think it will hurt the leather though. How are you shipping it? Overnight? __________________ 65G RR,2-250 Aquamedic pendents(Hamilton 14k DE) with 2 Vho supplements fired with IC440.29g sump. Octo extreme 200 skimmer,Mag 7 return, 2 Maxi 1200 with 2200gph mods.

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lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Shipping Out Questions Give the leather a chance to shrink before final packing. That will let you put the packing material (newspaper or whatever) in more closely. I know when my leather gets mad it shrinks to about 1/4 of the regular size so that may prevent some shipping stress. __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

05-28-2009, 09:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
FragFarmer Serpent Star Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Westminster, CO. Posts: 220 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Shipping Out Questions I ship in little plastic thermos bottles with heat packs in the box. I also ship overnight. US Post Office will usually do overnight for around $25 - $30. Ask them when the last truck leaves for the airport. Bring your coral to the post office about 30 minutes before the last truck heads out for the airport. That way your corals aren't in the bags all day at the post office. The least amount of time spent in the bags the better.

05-28-2009, 10:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
FragFarmer Serpent Star Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Westminster, CO. Posts: 220 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Shipping Out Questions The thermos can be purchased at WalMart or Target. About $3 each. I put the coral in a snack size ziploc bag. Hold the bag under water and seal it up almost all the way. Then squeeze it until most of the water is out. You only need about 1/8 cup of water in the bag. Seal it up under the water so no air is in the bag. Fold the bag in half and make sure the coral and all the water is on one side. You can get about 3 frags, maybe 4 frags in a thermos. Take the entire thermos and dunk it under water. Fill any space in the thermos with water. Screw the lid on under water. Now if a bag breaks, you still got water for the coral. Plus it helps to retain heat. More water the better. The thermos is a little 4" wide x 4" tall soup thermos. Holds about 2 cups of liquid. Pack it in a box with a bunch of newspaper and toss a couple hand warmers in there. Thermos : Product : Snak Jarâ„¢ SJ300

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