Shipped coral question

aceuass · Jan 17, 2020

I have some corals (Zoa`s, GSP, Blastomussa and a Green Pocillopora) being delivered today and was not expecting them (winter storm coming) but I have to be somewhere else, can I have one of my kids put the bags in the tank and leave them until later tonight when I get home, I figured that if they have been sitting in a box for a couple of days than sitting in the water of the tank they will end up will be ok, if not I will have to make other arrangements

MERKEY · Jan 17, 2020

Depending on how long they have been in the bags and if it's only been overnight, they should be fine floating in your tank until you get home.

CoralGuy19 · Jan 17, 2020

Temperature is the largest issue, so getting them in the tank to maintain temperature should help a lot.

The Aquatic Arsenal · Jan 17, 2020

If they were just shipped last night, then most likely they haven't even been in a box for 24 hours yet. Corals that are transhipped from over overseas can be in a box for 50 hours or so, but you get some losses as well.

ScottB · Jan 17, 2020

Yes temp acclimation is the first thing you should do.

IMPORTANT IMO:
Put the bag in the SUMP not floating on top of the water with 1,000 PAR cooking them in 1 inch of water. I feel this is a common cause of frag death. That, and dipping too soon before the frag has recovered from transit stress.