Shipping A Betta Fish.

[snowflake311]

This is my first time shipping a fish. I have shipped plants and a Crayfish Always with good results. 
 
I am shipping a betta fish. I am freaking out. I have done LOADS of research and have had many fish shipped to me. So I know what a well shipped fish looks like or how it should look. 
 
I did a test run with my bags. sealed them up and let my daughter pay with it throwing it around and everything. The bag never leaked. so I was feeling good about my bagging skills. 
 
I have a well insulated box. put the fish in used newspaper around it so the bag did not roll around in the box and for added insulation. I maked the box handle with care and perishable. The temp has been cool to mild. nothing to extream.  I bagged the fish right before going to the post office and used new fresh aged water for bagging. 
 
The fish was starved for 2 days. The bag is a 4"x12" I doubled bagged the fish and inverted it in the second bag. The fish had more air then water but still enough water to be upright swimming anyway the box turned. 
 
I think I did a good job packing but I am still scared. I really like this fish I am shipping. I am shipping priority the fish is not being shipped far. I am in Tahoe and its going to Sac. 
 
Anyways I am just scared and want to hear about others first time shipping.

 

[Blobfish]

I got some fish through the post for the firdt time last week, the box was marked 'Live Tropical Fish' which seems a good idea.

 

[Wildbetta]

It sounds like you did everything that was needed to ship safely.  Bettas tolerate shipping very well most times so as long as you have enough air, the bags were double bagged, and there was enough packing materials to keep the bag from banging around the box loosely it should arrive alive and well.

 

[snowflake311]

Thanks I am still holding my breath so far the tracking shows it's moving along on time. 

 

[Ruskull]

I wish everyone who ships fish was as concerned as you are.  Bravo!  Too many folks have an attitude like "it's just a fish" and such.

 

[PrincessKiara]

Oh yeah. I hate it when people have that attitude. I know my mom is an animal lover and all, but one of my first fish, a platy I'd had for over a year, got sick once and wasn't eating his/her food (I never knew its gender, as its anal fin wasn't a gonopodium but neither was it a rounded triangle. It was a pointy triangle.) My mom was like, "Oh, it's just a fish, and it looks fine to me. It's just not hungry." I said, "Mom, Blackie is always hungry, I know my own fish," but she wouldn't listen or even let me call the LFS for advice. Next day, Blackie was dead.