Opinions/Experiences

[NanoNana]

I have coral shipped often. Sometimes it’s shipped 3000 miles, sometimes 500.

For those of you who order frequently, do you notice a difference (more losses, more retraction etc) based on miles traveled? Or do you think coral condition has more to do with how it looked when it left the vendor?

Because of time difference, my longer mileage shipments are usually in the box less total time than my shorter mileage orders but will travel through more hands and everything that goes with that. Just curious as to how much if any difference distance might make.

 

[tbrown]

I've had some from New Jersey and Florida and California and Texas... I've had them ship flawlessly and survive two days in the heat and other ship and die before getting to my house in cool weather overnight and delivered by 10 am.

It seems like some sellers just have better shipping practices. The way they handle the corals before putting them in the box and they way they packaged them in the box play a really big role in that.

It's also dependent on the corals themselves. Some aquacultured corals are going to fare a lot better than a coral that was in the ocean 2 weeks ago, plucked, cut, glued, allowed a little time to heal, sold, then shipped.

 

[NanoNana]

I've had some from New Jersey and Florida and California and Texas... I've had them ship flawlessly and survive two days in the heat and other ship and die before getting to my house in cool weather overnight and delivered by 10 am.

It seems like some sellers just have better shipping practices. The way they handle the corals before putting them in the box and they way they packaged them in the box play a really big role in that.

It's also dependent on the corals themselves. Some aquacultured corals are going to fare a lot better than a coral that was in the ocean 2 weeks ago, plucked, cut, glued, allowed a little time to heal, sold, then shipped.

That was one puzzle piece I had not considered, wild vs aquacultured or newly fragged pieces.
Thank you for that.