Did I get the corals I ordered?

[mmorrison55]

Just got back from Top Shelf where I picked up a few frags during their labor day sale, and I purchased the frags on Saturday with local pickup as we happened to be in Orlando for the day today.

The order was not ready but I stopped by hoping they could fulfill the order while I was in town and luckily enough they helped me out, which I fully appreciated.

All I know is that I received 4 frag bags and there were no labels on any of them. I figured that was my fault for putting them on the spot before I received my official notification that the order was ready.

If you are like me, I can’t tell most acros apart while they are in a frag bag full of water and not under any actinic light.

Fast forward a few hours, I’m back in Tampa and have dipped these and glued them to my rock in my display and im not fully certain I received the correct frags. Specifically the RRC wonderland acro.

Anyone have this coral, can you confirm the colors or if any of these are that coral?

It’s possible this 1st one may be it? The photo shows a small tinge of yellow/green and blue tips.

The second pic appears to be the paletta tri color


There’s a lot of blue in the base of the 4th pic, but I’m assuming it is the ORA frogskin

 

[mmorrison55]

I’ve sent them the same photos and no doubt they’ll make it right if none of these are the frag I ordered, but just wanted to get opinions from anyone who may have this same coral as I was expecting something closer to the photo

 

[Mmoore0324]

I believe those are the corals that you ordered. I will say that they look extremely stressed, which is surprising, as all of the coral that I've bought from TSA always arrives in excellent shape. The wonderland will be mostly green for awhile. It takes some time to develop the blue / purple tips. The polyps should be a light reddish. To me, the tri-color looks to be in the poorest condition, but it's been around forever and will bounce back if conditions are right. I would keep them in moderate light with good flow while they settle in. You should start to see some improvement in a couple of weeks. Good luck!

 

[mmorrison55]

Thanks for the reply… So in your opinion, which one is the wonderland?

 

[Impunitus]

Agree on these looking extremely stressed more than anything else. I'm in NY and everything I've gotten from TSA has always looked pretty good out of the bag. May be an aggressive dip or maybe stressed from the ride home.

 

[mmorrison55]

Agree on these looking extremely stressed more than anything else. I'm in NY and everything I've gotten from TSA has always looked pretty good out of the bag. May be an aggressive dip or maybe stressed from the ride home.

Possibly,but I don’t think so.i tend to go light on the dip and duration.

I used 1capful of reef rx and 2 drops of Lugols in about 1 qt of saltwater for about 6-7 minutes. Glad I dipped them as I did find an asterina starfish in my dip bucket. I may have irritated the top photo/coral with some glue from my finger.

The ride itself, was about 90 minutes, but the wife was driving so… it’s possible

But serious, the ride had to be better than the back of a fed ex truck or airplane overnight.

As I alluded to, I have a feeling they fragged the coral while I was there so possible they were still a bit worn from that process, idk.

Regardless, I was more concerned because of no labeling, I was unable to determine which one was the wonderland since none looked anything like the photo.

 

[Mmoore0324]

Thanks for the reply… So in your opinion, which one is the wonderland?

The top pic is the wonderland, Tri-Color, The Thing, and Frogskin.

 

[mmorrison55]

That was kind of what I was thinking as well

 

[Mmoore0324]

Did TSA respond to your email?

 

[mmorrison55]

Did TSA respond to your email?

They did. Asked for a few more pics under white light.

Nothing final though, but sure they will confirm what you guys suspect.

 

[mmorrison55]

So far no further follow up.

I was hopeful they would confirm. Oh well take this as you will.im sure this is the exception and not the rule. If there is a next time of picking up in store, I will be sure to ask before I leave.

 

[RedReefer]

I think they look correct. Very stressed, top two look like death. Something stressed them pretty bad. Hopefully they color up and survive. Good luck.