[Zbrafish] cold weather shipping

[Bill Mebane]

Judy - we are having some luck shipping embryos overnight using "Hot 
Hands" (disposable chemically activated hand warmers sold at fishing 
and hunting stores for appx $1/ea) There are a variety of manuf. but 
"Hot Hands" seems to be the best. The box should be one of the molded 
2" thick styrofoam boxes...not the 3/4" foam boxes. The hand warmer 
has an adhesive side that we stick to the inside of the shipping box 
so the hand warmer is not in direct contact with the water bag. When 
the weather is really cold (<10F) 2-3 warmers are used - hint...it is 
possible to get a bad batch of these warmers so test one or two 
before you buy a box off the self.
Bill

At 3:57 PM -0500 1/16/09, Lawrence, Christian wrote:
>D Lains at ZIRC does, I'm sure.
>
>Christian Lawrence
>Aquatic Resources Program
>Children's Hospital Boston
>320 Longwood Avenue
>Boston, MA 02115
>617.919.2738 (office)
>617.730.0836 (fax)
>christian.lawrence from childrens.harvard.edu
>
>
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>Sent: Fri Jan 16 11:03:01 2009
>Subject: [Zbrafish] cold weather shipping
>
>Does anyone have a reliable protocol for (overnight) shipping adult 
>fish and/or embryos in these frigid temps?
>
>Thanks
>Judy Bennett
>UMass, Amherst
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