My worst fear when ordering corals happened!

[MrMaTTpaT]

I hope your corals the best of travel!
Some vendors prep for delays. I hope yours are those as well.

Been there too many times. So much panic and stress. Its all about if the coral is toching the plastic.

whats the issue if it were touching the plastic

 

[VintageReefer]

Ok? That’s not a shipping thing. You just didn’t get what was pictured.

I think half of it bailed out in the bag from stress. I had lots of polyp tips just loose and floating around. Who knows if it will color up to the pictures. The thing clearly is stressed and will need 2+ months to regrow those polyps

 

[MrMaTTpaT]

Just looked at your tracking again and see it has left San Diego. It’s still going to make it tomorrow. Don’t sweat it.

it hasnt left yet, hopefully youre correct though

 

[MrMaTTpaT]

I think half of it bailed out in the bag from stress. I had lots of polyp tips just loose and floating around. Who knows if it will color up to the pictures. The thing clearly is stressed and will need 2+ months to regrow those polyps

definitely stressful shipping, it may color up to that you never know

 

[VintageReefer]

whats the issue if it were touching the plastic

My guess is the rubbing causes stress and irritation, and it means the coral isn’t secured and can bounce around

 

[MrMaTTpaT]

My guess is the rubbing causes stress and irritation, and it means the coral isn’t secured and can bounce around

ahh, i assume their just gonna come in poly bags of water right? i mean ide love if they were like shoved into stryofoam so they stayed up, but i dont think thats possible

 

[VintageReefer]

I’ve seen vendors put the plug base in a square of styrofoam with a hole so if it bounces around it’s the styrofoam hitting the bag walls instead of the coral

 

[braaap]

it hasnt left yet, hopefully youre correct though

I looked at the tracking. It shows it left 838pm.

 

[Goaway]

whats the issue if it were touching the plastic

My guess is the rubbing causes stress and irritation, and it means the coral isn’t secured and can bounce around

The rubbing can also cause injury which makes it easier for infection to take place. Torches, hammers, frogspawn can lose tentacles. Brown jelly takes over.

Also, temperature can be a huge issue if not packaged for delays.

 

[MrMaTTpaT]

I looked at the tracking. It shows it left 838pm.

it did end up shipping, got delayed in ky now lol

 

[Goaway]

2 day delay. Yikes.. im sorry. Vontact the vendor so they have a heads up.

 

[beantown105]

Aquasd is an awesome supplier with great packaging sorry about your delay hopefully they survive

 

[MrMaTTpaT]

2 day delay. Yikes.. im sorry. Vontact the vendor so they have a heads up.

definitely

 

[MrMaTTpaT]

Aquasd is an awesome supplier with great packaging sorry about your delay hopefully they survive

yeah me too, ive already emailed them and gave em a heads up, so if anything does happen they should be on it

 

[JRasmussen85]

Looks like my order is on that plane too. Not a good first attempt at this

Same issue! Fingers crossed I guess

 

[MrMaTTpaT]

Same issue! Fingers crossed I guess

ikr

 

[braaap]

ikr

Sorry to see they didn’t make it. I’m actually very surprised.

Good news is they might be ok. ASD does pretty good packaging and they should be good for 2 days. They actually use so much water it gives them a good shot.

Have you contacted them?

 

[NanoNana]

for real, i hope yours are okay too

Mine is on that one too but because I live hours from a city they are giving me an arrival date of 6/17…….
Normally that changes when they hit the first center in GA and they’ll hold the truck out of Gainesville for an hour but if Louisville crew isn’t paying attention, it won’t go out on this 3:00 am flight.

 

[NanoNana]

ahh, i assume their just gonna come in poly bags of water right? i mean ide love if they were like shoved into stryofoam so they stayed up, but i dont think thats possible

ASD ships in cups with a slice in the bottom for the frag plug to stick through. I’ve never had one come in loose.

 

[NanoNana]