Help please quickly emergency update w/new pics

[FishOnTheBrainCoral]

Thanks ahead of time.....I just ordered my fist set of corals online and fedex took two days to get here. the problem is they are cold as heck... im guessing mid to low 60's. is there any hope for them I got them aclamating right now but are they gonna be ok? should i do anything special to help them? should i even bother putting them in or send them back? I got them from live aquaria. they had a heat pack.

[BKtomodachi]

I bet they will surprise you. Acclimate them as normal.

[douglam]

drip acclimate them very slowly and see what happens. you have a gurantee with liveaquaria so it should be ok either way.

[jeremai]

Well, are they disintigrating? Or are they still intact? What kind of corals? If they are not melting away, I say just plop em in the tank and hope for the best.

[Marteen]

Put them in. See if they survive. Run carbon. If they don't look like they will make it call liveaquaria and see if you can't get a refund they are good about that.

[FishOnTheBrainCoral]

giant polyup duncan and a lemon tree they are still in bag cant see to well yet

 

thank you all for quick reply

 

granted i new but i thought they were very well packaged considering

[reefdan]

yeah i would try to save them but call liveaquaria immediately and make them aware of the problem. they're supposed to be good with their guarantee but make sure to catalog all your communication with them just in case

[FishOnTheBrainCoral]

yeah ill give them a call just took a look they are not melting or anything so well see...

[FishOnTheBrainCoral]

update,

 

I put them in and they are both starting to open slightly, the duncan more so... thank you all ill keep updating. Even though they are looking ok should i still call and let them know? just in case?

[BustytheSnowMaam]

I received a zoa frag from them with no heat pack in the box- I let it go for nearly the 2 week guaranty period because I thought the zoas would recover. When it looked like they wouldn't, I just emailed them a picture of the closed-up and disintegrating zoas and Liveaquaria gave me credit.

[GoingPostal]

In this case I just temp acclimate and drop in. I had a shipment lost for four days, the seller had also placed the micros and chalice in the same bag! The acans had no water. The first two corals looked like they had banged into and eaten each other most of the time and they recovered fine. The acans looked really ok actually, even at first. Corals are pretty hardy.

 

Pics from when these corals just came in after four days in a box

 

 

 

And pics from a healthier state

 

 

 

 

So...don't give up. Corals will make it through a lot, cold weather is a bad one though, hopefully they make it through. Don't throw any out for looking a little beat up, give them a chance.

[FishOnTheBrainCoral]

here are the pics of the corals when they first went in

 

here are the pics of the corals when they first went in

[GoingPostal]

Look pissed off but not dead. Leathers holding itself up. Just leave them be and hope for the best.

[FishOnTheBrainCoral]

Well the duncan ate a mysis today and the tree was in full bloom. then duncan hasnt opened up all the way but easting is a plus

 

BTW you said leather.... when i ordered it was called a lemon tree coral....so thats a type of leather?? (still a noob) it dosnt really look like the pic on the website did they send me the wrong thing?

[FishOnTheBrainCoral]

pics of tree at bloom and duncan after meal

 

I finally got a peek at it center after it ate cant wait to see it all opened up it is a very cool florescent green. i couldnt get a good pic of the colors sorry..... maybe when he opens up more...