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For those people interested in shipping or recieving fish or supplies,heres some information that may be useful.

To calculate shiping costs at no charge online the following are the easiest ways to figure the rates.

If your going to use U.S.Postal service here's their calculator.

If your going to use FedEx here's their calculator

If your going to use Airborne Express (a lot of shippers frown on them) here's their calculator


If your going to use UPS here's their estimater/calculator
Please be aware UPS has different rules reguarding the transport of "live cargo" at each terminal!!




If your going to use Delta (airlines) their shipping info and rate basis can be found here
due to new security after 9-11, MOST delta counters now need you to be a "known shipper" or else they will not ship for you.

For those people with American Airlines at their airports here's shipping info for American Airlines

If you can or need to use Southwest Airlines - here's some info on their shipping rules and rates




**If your shipping Mulitple packages you can just enter your zip code and a far away zip code to get a fast general estimate,if your shipping a few packages you can figure the exact cost per package,rember when figureing shipping costs water is about 8 pounds per gallon and a box with a styro insert empty is almost 2 pounds.**



** One important peice of information that may help some people out.If any carriers says they do NOT ship animals,in most cases that is correct BUT most carriers do NOT considers fish or reptiles as animals because most, of any carriers "rules" are based on IATA (International Air Transport Association) rules and the main thing that defines "animals" (birds and mammals under their rules) is live things that must be feed and/or watered during transport,or be kept in strict temperatures. <-- the reason fish,insects and reptiles go/come in strofoam boxes and use heat packs and etc..**