Coral shipping?

[cincyreef]

Hi all. I bought a bunch of stuff from this past weekends WWC live sale. It will be arriving tomorrow. I have it being shipped to my work. I don't get off until 5pm EST., which I'm guessing will leave the corals in the box about 5-6 hours longer than if I were to go home at lunch and put them into the tank. Do you think it will harm or damage the corals, or should I just go home at lunch and acclimate them and put them in? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Brent

 

[acolotto]

It kind of depends on how the corals look when they get to you. Ive never ordered with WWC but assuming its shipped well they more then likely will be ok until after work but will for sure be good if you go acclimate and add them right away. If it was me id sacrifice my lunch and get the corals in the tank, takes away the worry.

 

[maroun.c]

shipped frags for 41 hours total couple of weeks back and they all made it. Depends on how healthy they are and on packing. Maybe inform the shipper to add a bit of water more.

 

[Pete polyp]

I got a box in the mail last week. I picked it up at 1130, set the box on top of my welder until I got off work at 330. I had no problem at all with it and it was all sps.

 

[cincyreef]

Thanks for the responses. I guess I'll decide tomorrow once they get here. I'm leaning on taking them home at lunch as of now.

 

[mic209]

It will be good, if your work place is around 65-75 degrees, I'd open up the box and remove any heat or ice packs that were in the package, replace the lid and tape the box back up. Keep it out of direct sunlight too.