Shipping Coral...and supplies.

[Teeb]

I have a few people on RC that want to buy some zoas/acans/chalice from me. I have never shipped coral before. I know they need to be in a styrofoam insulated box with a heat/cool pack. How do you determine whether a heat or cool pack has to be used? Any good places in town to get the supplies for shipping? www.shipyouraquatic.com looks tempting, but at $13 just for packing, I'm thinking I can get everything locally cheaper. Any ideas or tips?

[Gseclipse02]

over night it with no cold packs ship when its the last slot avalible so its not sitting ( i think its at 5 for ups) for a long time doing nothing

[ErikH]

I have some small cold packs. I can give you one when you come by, I just have to find them. The BEST way is to use a wine bottle styro box. Then you put your frags in a small round tupperware, and pack the box to fill voids. Save the neck area for your cold pack. It's fairly inexpensive to do it that way, and the shippers know it's a wine box, so they tend to be a touch more careful as not to get red wine all over themselves.

[Teeb]

Where do you find these wine boxes?