How many people lost corals etc.

[Dre]

A few corals melted away in the bags before i got home and i didn't even stay the whole day at the swap.:frown:

 

[Slamajamajama]

its a tough day for corals...they go from a warm cozy familiar tank, into a bag all day with cold stagnant water

 

[REEF ADDICT]

yeah man thats why i paid and had the vendor hold it for me ..till i was ready to leave .

 

[Dre]

I never lost a single coral at the last swap in which i dought more corals by far and stayed the whole day there, got home a 7 pm at the last swap.

 

[DEL]

Dre..I too left corals with vendors that knew me and picked up at the end..it could have been the movement in the bag and the weather too..sorry to hear that bro

 

[motortrendz]

i had mine in my cooler from 8am till i got hame at abt 830 last night and all mine were ok...

 

[KathyC]

What type of croals and how many did you lose?
Sorry to hear.

 

[Dre]

DEL, i think i'll do that next time ,that's why i didn't stay man.

 

[Rayzor]

I lost one of my snails....corals ok so far.....I'll be keeping a close eye on them for the next few days....had most in my cooler bag all day 10am to 7:30 or so.....sry to hear about ur losses....contact the vendors and see what they can do....previous posts make sense...stresses to inverts due to removal, travel...and changing water conditions over two or more days may have put them over the edge....


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[anthony27]

dre, I am sorry to hear that. I came home to a over flowing sump, cause of my auto top off. I raced to get everything fixed and my salt became 1.20. I had alot of work ahead of me last night.

 

[motortrendz]

dre, I am sorry to hear that. I came home to a over flowing sump, cause of my auto top off. I raced to get everything fixed and my salt became 1.20. I had alot of work ahead of me last night.

man now that sucks!!!.. werent we talking abt ATO's hanging up yesterday??

 

[anthony27]

PLEASE DO

I'll be keeping a close eye on them for the next few days....

 

[anthony27]

I am so tired today you have no idea, i am going to do work on the tank this weekend. But it was a mess.

man now that sucks!!!.. werent we talking abt ATO's hanging up yesterday??

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Well, I'm happy to say that I had extremely good luck at this swap. I got my stuff from everyone and was extremely happy with the pieces they brought for me. I was there until 745. I didnt get home till 9 and didnt get done placing my last piece until 11! All 7 pieces I picked up made it thank goodness. Sorry to hear you lost pieces DRE. Thanks to Tina from Wet Thumb for the heat pack late in the day! I believe it definately helped them survive for all that time.

 

[Lionfish718]

one of mine died too

 

[anthony27]

what did you loose lion fish

 

[Josh]

I had 20+ SPS frags and all of them made it the entire day from when I picked them up from members to when I put them into my tank at 10PM.

Did you have a cooler and did you use any heat packs?

 

[ming]

ditto to what Josh said.

 

[seldin]

dre,

Sorry to hear this. What I got from you, did great. Interestingly, I use to take temperatures of what I would keep in my cooler bag. Seems like during the winter, It would only go down several degrees for a multi hour day. Did you use a cooler, etc.

Either way, sorry to hear about it. I think it also depends on how the seller took care of what was given. For me, I had my frags in display tank and only bagged it at the last minute, etc.

One thing that does get me mad, is when I receive a coral in a regular baggy with maybe 1/2 inch of water. I know corals may not need a lot of water, but I think that is way to little. What I try to do, is when available I use those tall skinny frag bags and then, I can keep coral frags better ( at least it looks that way).

 

[NYreefNoob]

lost nothing myself either, then again i had a big styro cooler and was there from 10- till got home at 8:30