Hi everyone, I'm taking the plunge into SPS very soon! I'm already putting my order together with a seller.
I bought a frag a few months ago from a different seller and received a frag that hadn't encrusted the plug at all and the glue still looked very clean. That made me think they've chopped the frag off the mother colony, glued and shipped all on the same day. There's wasn't a speck of algae on the glue.
The frag only lasted a day, but my tank was still fairly new and I had some nutrient issues. I'm not sure what exactly caused the death, but I'll take the loss and blame my eagerness, nutrient issues and my tank not being very established.
But I'm wondering, is it expected of a seller to sell fully healed and encrusted frags, or are non-encrusted/unhealed frags the norm and receiving anything better is just good luck?
What are people's thought on this?
Thanks
I bought a frag a few months ago from a different seller and received a frag that hadn't encrusted the plug at all and the glue still looked very clean. That made me think they've chopped the frag off the mother colony, glued and shipped all on the same day. There's wasn't a speck of algae on the glue.
The frag only lasted a day, but my tank was still fairly new and I had some nutrient issues. I'm not sure what exactly caused the death, but I'll take the loss and blame my eagerness, nutrient issues and my tank not being very established.
But I'm wondering, is it expected of a seller to sell fully healed and encrusted frags, or are non-encrusted/unhealed frags the norm and receiving anything better is just good luck?
What are people's thought on this?
Thanks