Shipped coral question

[aceuass]

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]

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]

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

 

[The Aquatic Arsenal]

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]

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.

 

[aceuass]

Thanks for the replies