shipped in cold water

Kankashala · 02-15-2008, 03:24 AM

I orderd a Seriatopora stellata and a Montipora confusa frag From forsters and smiths. They arived in really cold water, they are both pretty brown but I asume thats from not being under any lights. I don't see any sighn of tissuse resession or bleaching. Anything else I should be looking for?...its hard to beilve they would be okay in water that cold. Even the little Fox face was touch and go for awhile and those fish are a lot hardier then SPS corals.

ret25yo · 02-15-2008, 02:22 PM

well I reciently recieved a blue tort from spokane and it was a frag that was under rock and almost buried in the sand with no light for a month and the polyps are out now .. so dont underestimate those sps... just keep parameters up and they'll aclimate...

**charlie** · 02-16-2008, 07:32 PM

Sorry I missed this. Kyle is right about some sps, they can take a little abuse at times, especially with shipping. I have had them come to my house dry before, and that was a mille. I was surprised that it made it!!!

Let us know how things turned out.

02-15-2008, 03:24 AM	#1
Kankashala Just Moved In Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Flathead vally Posts: 21	shipped in cold water I orderd a Seriatopora stellata and a Montipora confusa frag From forsters and smiths. They arived in really cold water, they are both pretty brown but I asume thats from not being under any lights. I don't see any sighn of tissuse resession or bleaching. Anything else I should be looking for?...its hard to beilve they would be okay in water that cold. Even the little Fox face was touch and go for awhile and those fish are a lot hardier then SPS corals.

02-15-2008, 02:22 PM	#2
ret25yo Council Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: MT Posts: 359	Re: shipped in cold water well I reciently recieved a blue tort from spokane and it was a frag that was under rock and almost buried in the sand with no light for a month and the polyps are out now .. so dont underestimate those sps... just keep parameters up and they'll aclimate... __________________ uhhh...nothing creative coming to mind to fill this space.... :slap:

02-16-2008, 07:32 PM	#3
charlie Keeper of Willis Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NW Montana Posts: 5,668	Re: shipped in cold water Sorry I missed this. Kyle is right about some sps, they can take a little abuse at times, especially with shipping. I have had them come to my house dry before, and that was a mille. I was surprised that it made it!!! Let us know how things turned out. __________________ 400 Gallon Reef Log Rome wasn't built in a day---neither is a reef

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