Shipping supplies, please help

[Thhitman]

Unfortunately, I have to sell off my reef aquarium. I have quite a few fairly rare corals that will have to be sold, so that raises some shipping questions.

Where can I find some thin sheet styrofoam that can be trimmed to line the boxes I ship in? Is this necessary if I have a fair amount of insulation in the box surrounding the coral bags?

If I do a good job of lining the boxes and have insulation (newspaper, Etc.) surrounding the coral bags in the package, do you think I will need cold packs this time of the year? If so, where do you get these?

I really want to preserve these corals, any help would be appreciated.

[SoFloReefer]

What you mentioned can be found at Home Depot or Lowes in the insulation section. Unfortunately it is not that effective. Check Uline.com for better options.

[gavinthefish]

I ship with that insulation all the time and it works great.

[gavinthefish]

I also use bubble wrap and newspaper in the bottom to suck up the water.