Dry Shipping Part - 3 Things gone wrong

I was up at Ultra Music Festival last weekend and decided to try and carry some live shrimp with me. Again with very little/no water. I bought four cleaner shrimp and one harlequin shrimp. The travel time was about 6 hours. The harlequin made but the cleaners all died.

I used the same blue container. With 3oz of saltwater a paper towel and a some carbon. Like I did with the last set of corals and clam. I think what killed the shrimp was the movement of the tissue as it slapped around in the contaniner. The harlequin came out ok and is in my tank now.

Next time I'll try and either put the shrimp in water alone. or damp cotton packed so they can't move around in the container. I'm going to try this with some local shrimp as well. What I'd really like to know is. Does anyone know what the coldest temprature for shrimp is? I want to half freeze them into a state of suspension so it's all less stressfull for them if possible. This will also allow me to try and dry ship some fish.

 

You have to pressurize the BAG! not container with Oxygen to dry ship. Just enough water to keep them wet and pliable. A non pressurized container will never do

 

Tang: I can't pressurize they wouldn't let that on the plane. Why do you think the Harlequin lived?

 

Was It New Or Used Tissue?

Did you use, new or used tissue? Just kidding! I think the Harlequin made it on luck..!