Moist Paper Towel Coral Transport Experiment

captbunzo · 11/10/2005, 01:08 PM

After reading your article last week, I took a trip over the weekend in which I stopped and visited a fellow reefkeeping friend on the way back. We fragged a couple of corals in his tank for me to take with and I decided to run an experiment based on your article.

The two corals fragged were:

1. Branching Frogspawn - snapped off piece that contained two branches pieces.

2. Florida Ricordea - cut a rock in two pieces that had about 6 tightly bunched polyps on it. 3 polyps on the rock that I took.

Well, anyhow, we proceeded to wrap each of the two frags loosely in saltwater dunked paper towl. Then we went out to eat and then I drove home.

The corals were probably out for a total of about 5 hours. By the time I was unwrapping them to put them in my tank at home, they were both very receded, as could be expected. Placed them in my tank and went to bed.

Well, the result is that they have fared well so far. They both, especially the Ricordea, seem to be doing very well. Now, I know this is not exactly a definitive experiment. However, it is nice to see that it worked alright.

Thought you might like the report!

EricHugo · 11/10/2005, 04:35 PM

LOL. Thanks...I have done mushrooms quite a bit, bu that's a good report of frogspawn which is not only a bad shipper, but asoone I would have been more hesitant to do damp...good report.

captbunzo · 11/10/2005, 04:50 PM

Interesting! I was just blindly giving it a go.

EricHugo · 11/10/2005, 04:55 PM

That retraction response, IMO, is a good thing for the corals during shipping.

11/10/2005, 01:08 PM	#1
captbunzo Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Ascot, Berkshire, England Posts: 3,950	Moist Paper Towel Coral Transport Experiment After reading your article last week, I took a trip over the weekend in which I stopped and visited a fellow reefkeeping friend on the way back. We fragged a couple of corals in his tank for me to take with and I decided to run an experiment based on your article. The two corals fragged were: 1. Branching Frogspawn - snapped off piece that contained two branches pieces. 2. Florida Ricordea - cut a rock in two pieces that had about 6 tightly bunched polyps on it. 3 polyps on the rock that I took. Well, anyhow, we proceeded to wrap each of the two frags loosely in saltwater dunked paper towl. Then we went out to eat and then I drove home. The corals were probably out for a total of about 5 hours. By the time I was unwrapping them to put them in my tank at home, they were both very receded, as could be expected. Placed them in my tank and went to bed. Well, the result is that they have fared well so far. They both, especially the Ricordea, seem to be doing very well. Now, I know this is not exactly a definitive experiment. However, it is nice to see that it worked alright. Thought you might like the report! __________________ Paul Thompson South Ascot, Berkshire, England RK: Where only bad things happen fast... CRAZY 4 the CRASE - Sometime 2008 Current Tank Info: 180 litre UK Reef

11/10/2005, 04:35 PM	#2
EricHugo Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Houston TX USA Posts: 7,250	LOL. Thanks...I have done mushrooms quite a bit, bu that's a good report of frogspawn which is not only a bad shipper, but asoone I would have been more hesitant to do damp...good report. __________________ Eric Borneman

11/10/2005, 04:50 PM	#3
captbunzo Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: South Ascot, Berkshire, England Posts: 3,950	Interesting! I was just blindly giving it a go. __________________ Paul Thompson South Ascot, Berkshire, England RK: Where only bad things happen fast... CRAZY 4 the CRASE - Sometime 2008 Current Tank Info: 180 litre UK Reef

11/10/2005, 04:55 PM	#4
EricHugo Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Houston TX USA Posts: 7,250	That retraction response, IMO, is a good thing for the corals during shipping. __________________ Eric Borneman