Aquatic Arts Breather Bags

$ 8.99

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Our Aquatic Arts Breather Bags are gas-permeable and allow for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide while the aquatic animals inside are being transported.

Breathing bags are a revolutionary product that has totally changed the way live aquatic animals are shipped! They are made of a permeable material that lets oxygen enter and carbon dioxide escape. Instead of using 1/4 water and 3/4 oxygen (which requires an oxygen tank when shipping), you fill the bag ALL the way with water! This means that the animals inside are not violently sloshed around during shipping, there is more water to insulate and absorb waste, and there is less space taken up by the bag.

These are the same breather bags that we use in our own shipping operations to ship small shrimp, invertebrates, and small fish like guppies. Aquatic Arts brand breathing bags are thicker than others on the market, meaning there is no need to double-bag (in fact, breather bags do not exchange air properly when double-bagged). They are much more resistant to tearing and pinholes, as well as dorsal spines and invertebrate claws. Additionally, they do not leak under pressure as long as the knot at the top is tied tightly.

(Not advised to be used for larger fish or sensitive fish species, overnight shipping methods are HIGHLY advised for safe fish transport)

We are not responsible for the safety of livestock shipped using this product. All responsibility lies upon the shipper.

Our breather bags are 5.5. x 8 inches (14 x 20.3 centimeters).

For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.

Shipping Rate

Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.