Summer is here with it's temps in 80's and higher. When does it get too warm to chance buying fish and having them shipped. Is overnight the only way to go?

I'd love to get 1 or 2 Bettas that aren't fish mill Bettas, but, I don't want to stress them out horribly with the shipping!

Thanks from this newbie to buying fish online!

It has been in the 90 s here in St. Louis. you might be o.k. You will have to wait to some more experienced people get on here. I think they mainly worry when it hits in the 90s. btw what state are you in. I think I know someone with reds available

I want to know too, I live in AZ and order snails through mail to feed my loaches. I have yet to try and order fish, just don't trust the shippers to treat the package well.

I live in Florida and I always get my fish sent priority mail. I just don't have them sent to my house. I have them sent to work. If you can have them sent someplace where they won't sit in the mailbox all day, you will be fine.

A lot of people have them hold them at the post office.
It isn't the sitting in the mail box. Most people have enough sense to be home when they are getting fish..
It is the riding around in the hot truck.
However, most mail travels at night...

How hot is too hot is a relative thing
I don't even think about shipping in July/August.
Hitting 87-88+ is getting too hot.
90's for sure no one leaves the house, except by express.

Thanks for the replies! I live in upstate NY and the temp here at 11:30 AM is already 81. The weeds in my garden are going to live until later this week when the temp and humidity go down.

I'll look for a couple more weeks for a seller that lives east of the Mississippi and I'll pay for overnight. I saw some on my local craigslist, but, they were $30 for a pair of veiltails. I felt uneasy paying that much without any reference - feedback is reassuring on aquabid and e-bay. I ordered the ladies for my sorority from someone on long island and they were delivered a little after 10, coincidentally by a fish lover.

Again, thanks for the advice!

Donna

I am going to be shipping soon and it is getting pretty warm here. I am just going to pack them in with a cold pack. I would actually rather have the bettas cold then hot. Heat kills them quicker than the cold.

Yup. You can control the cold by adding a *usually* stabilizing heat pack but heat, you can't. :(