Ghost Shrimp (Aquarium Cleaner) $2.50 Each + $14 Express Postage ($0 SYD C&C) @ Sydney Aquascapes

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  P1xellat3d on 29/04/2024 - 09:02

  Just wondering how you ship live aquarium animals, and which courier you use for it?

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    azukay on 29/04/2024 - 10:07

    most people just put them in express post, yes auspost doesn't allow live animals but they if they don't ask you don't tell.

    Or you can use toll and startrack if you have business accounts.

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      PhilosophicalTurtle on 29/04/2024 - 10:56

      auspost doesn't allow live animals

      Here's their update 22 May 2024
      https://auspost.com.au/content/dam/auspost_corp/media/docume…

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        AssociatedBrandingo @ Sydney Aquascapes on 29/04/2024 - 11:30

        So the thing with this is they can't allow them for liability reasons, but they have no issue sending them as long as they are not responsible for them.

        We've found that they are by far the most reliable even if they don't officially allow it though.

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          Thrift on 29/04/2024 - 11:44

          @Brandingo: Page 7 of the PDF @PhilosophicalTurtle linked:
          

          Prohibited Items	Details of Prohibited Items
          Live organisms and animals	Except for bees, leeches, silkworms, other harmless insects and harmless invertebrates, packed and labelled as prescribed in the Restricted Items List .

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            AssociatedBrandingo @ Sydney Aquascapes on 30/04/2024 - 01:02

            @Thrift: Uhu, did you not read my comment?

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              Thrift on 30/04/2024 - 06:54

              @Brandingo: You mean the bit where you said, "they can't allow them for liability reasons"?

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                AssociatedBrandingo @ Sydney Aquascapes on 30/04/2024 - 10:00

                @Thrift: Yeah, so they cannot not have them on the prohibited item list, because if they did not people could ask for insurance money (or at the very least they would get more calls about it) if they died intransit. But they have no reason not to allow them other than that, so they don't care. As I said before, as long as they are well packaged I've found Auspost the more reliable courier service.

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        azukay on 29/04/2024 - 12:12

        Auspost still does not allow live animals. Regardless, of the 10 times I've bought fish online, I'd say 50% were by auspost express, 2 by startrack, 2 by toll and 1 by some dude (I have no idea who, but had no connote on the package, shipped from Melbourne to Sydney).

        My most recent purchase was from Brisbane to Sydney last week, shipped via Auspost express, packaged in a live fish/seafood foam box, with fragile stickers all over lol. Postie didn't care, left the box in the full sun vertically. But if I am receiving fish I always make sure there is someone at home to take the box in.

        https://livefish.com.au/transit_grid

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          PhilosophicalTurtle on 29/04/2024 - 19:51

          @azukay: Yes I won't trust them with anything live, fragile, expensive, urgent and most things that actually needs to be delivered.

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    AssociatedBrandingo @ Sydney Aquascapes on 29/04/2024 - 10:14

    Australia post, by far most reliable for the price we have found.

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  maverickjohn on 29/04/2024 - 09:28

  Ghost shrimp with a ghost knife.
  Perfect

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    AssociatedBrandingo @ Sydney Aquascapes on 29/04/2024 - 10:15

    Now just put in a dark type and it will be super effective!

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  netsurfer on 29/04/2024 - 11:16

  Just out of interest, how are these posted? Special sealed bag with water inside?

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    AssociatedBrandingo @ Sydney Aquascapes on 29/04/2024 - 11:29

    We use breather bags that oxegenates the water (lets oxygen through but not water) sealed with a bunch of water.