Urgent Packing Query!

[BloopFish]

I am aware that some shipper ship certain hermit crabs with no water, just damp paper towels. I was wondering if the same would be okay for non-hermit crabs like decorator crabs, xanthid crabs, etc. I figured it would be okay since even blue crabs at fish markets live for a long time without any water, but I want a second opinion about this matter before I attempt it - I don't have much time before deciding!

 

[jsvand5]

Many things would probably do ok. My question is what is the benefit of not sending them in water? Shipping companies will charge you a minimum weight based on the dimensions of the box regardless so it likely won’t save you any money.

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

Many things would probably do ok. My question is what is the benefit of not sending them in water? Shipping companies will charge you a minimum weight based on the dimensions of the box regardless so it likely won’t save you any money.

I believe that they can produce deadly amounts of ammonia in the small volumes of water without any filtration, so they ship with no water.

 

[vetteguy53081]

If the water gets too cold, can cause shock which is why many do not include water.

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

If the water gets too cold, can cause shock which is why many do not include water.

That makes a lot more sense than my idea. Perhaps it was snails I was thinking of.

 

[Krillin it]

Depends on the species really the decorator is it a hermit or the spider type?

 

[Krillin it]

I used to work for a distributer for tropical fish and we would put brown paper towel and a small amount of water and a heat/ ice pack if it’s going to be in cold areas

 

[BloopFish]

Spider type. I'm also wondering for crabs that would look more like a gorilla crab or mithrax crab or xanthid crab or even a box crab. Reason I ask this is that it would be easier to convince security to let these through.

 

[Krillin it]

I wonder why they don’t bag fish with little bags of carbon in the bag with them to prevent the water in the bag from be coming toxic?