Coral loss after swap.

[tosiek]

Ive been hearing from a few people that they lost a few pieces they got at the swap. I know alot of people didn't use heater packs in their bags, and it was cold and crappy during the day. And alot of people were there 5+ hours.

I lost a clam, it was pissed when i brought it home and lasted 2 days. Im sure its because of the temp drop in my cooler bag and all the jumbling it did in there walking around. Everything else was super fine. And i handled everything real well, acclimated, ect.

Anyone else maybe lose something or have something stressed out badly? Not trying to put the blame on anyone, but it gives a good heads up on precautions during next swap to minimize stuff like this.

Post up why you think stuff happened if it did happen to you. Helps people in coming swaps.

 

[noodleman]

i had 1 frag out of 6 that rtn'd over night

 

[Josh]

I used heat packs in my bag. They were for sale at the front desk, next time we will have more and they should be cheaper as well.

I lost one montipora that came from BAR, I think it was nearly bleached out when I got it so I don't think it was due to all the shipping and movement. I don't see anything on the skeleton but it hasn't accumulated any diatoms yet so maybe it is still alive.

 

[Deanos]

They were hand/foot warmers available at the Registration Desk.

 

[NYreefNoob]

< Didnt Lose Anything Thankfully, But I Also Had A Cooler Bag With Some Of The Warmer's

 

[Dace]

i bought about 40 frags and lost about 9. 7 of them were gone before i even open bag, water was brown as hell

 

[inkblue]

knoCk on wood... everyone who soLd me stuFF gave me heaLthy, awesome fraGs and packaged nice

thanks to: ---> pNoy, ming, alexscapado, sanjay, swa, moidoL, pabLo, cb747, toSiek, LEsLie, samsKy and winG0 (i hopE i didnt forGet anyonE)

:grouphug:

 

[aaron23]

instead of heatpacks my 4 frags (sunset, microladus 2 zoos) were chilled/frozen by a pack of krill shrimp. that person will be unknown, and the sps r dead.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Damn aaron taht really sucks I lost one thing but it looked like a goner from the time i saw it. No biggie one out of 10+ isnt so bad

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

instead of heatpacks my 4 frags (sunset, microladus 2 zoos) were chilled/frozen by a pack of krill shrimp. that person will be unknown, and the sps r dead.

didn't they say don't feed the coral? y r u giving krill to the corals j/k Hope you cheer up.

 

[grknyer]

I did see warmers at the front desk. I bought my own though.You can get then at any camping store or go to Duane Reade where they sell picnic Hot/Cold pack baggies.This was my 3 MR swap so I came prepared.You learn as you go along but anything can happen right?I brought my cooler with heat packs,extra bags with rubber bands and a towel.I left at 12:30 because I had to be somewhere and didn't get my frags in my tank till almost 10 P.M and all was fine. Sorry to hear about your losses but hope everybodies input will help everybody be prepared for the next swap.Every bit of info helps.

 

[midtownman]

i got like 13 frags all of them were fine & i actually had a hammer frag that didnt had all the water leak out during me going home & it's doing good

 

[jay1335]

I had a cooler I was walking around with and two of the cheep styro coolers in my car with heat packs. It was very easy to empty the cooler I was carrying into my car during the swap. All is well for everything I bought, except for two gobies, not sure why they didnt make it.

 

[dannyl]

Same here! all my frags look good and same thing with my frog spawn water leaked out but everything was fine when I got home and I traveled by train.

 

[Josh]

Same here! all my frags look good and same thing with my frog spawn water leaked out but everything was fine when I got home and I traveled by train.

The bottom of frogspawn skeletons are usually sharp so you should put an extra piece of plastic or another bag inside the bag with water, wrapped around the coral to keep it from cutting through the sides of the bag with the water.

 

[ming]

I'll double bag the hammer next time
Glad its doing well.

 

[Sandyp1]

I lost a beautiful Green w/yellow tip Torch Coral. I t lasted 2 days and then refused to come out of its skeleton. I used heat pads and was home by 2. Considering I bought about 10 things and 2 clams, having only lost one pc is reasonable. Everything else is doing great !

 

[JHOV2324]

i didnt loose anything.... thanks

AE, TOSIEK, ALEXPESCADO,MikeNYC,Shaun,SWA

 

[danelam]

I got almost 20 frags and everyone is doing really well so far. A few of mine did leak though - I noticed some corals were bagged in high quality thick plastic whereas other were bagged not so well. Maybe that's why some leaked.

 

[Zuska]

wow i bought 12 pieces of coral and none of it died... lucky me. sry for your losses...