shipping fish

I get fish sent to me all the time. You would not believe how many fish they
can cram in a 16" X 8" box. One box holds 100 1.5-2" bluebills.

The hatchery puts the fish in a bag, fills the bag with water, places a
coldpack under the bad to keep it cold and puts it in a Styrofoam cooler and
sends it. I get it the next day and everyone is happy.

By keeping the water cold you lower the metabolism of the fish. That means
less O2 consumption.

Sam

"Gunnar" wrote in message
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I need to have some fish shipped from private pond in Fl. to RI anyone
have
any ideas. Person I am buying them from said she talked to pet store and
they told her had to have oxygen to ship them . Cant they just get bagged
and put in Styrofoam cooler and sent overnight?