Shipping and Transport of Corals

Celso Suguimoto · 01/27/2006, 02:21 PM

Is really a safe metody ??

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All polyps, yellow, button, colony rock ships using the dry method. We wrap the polyps with 2 layers of wet newspaper and then bag it without water. This cuts down on weight, but is also the best method for shipping polyps. You'll find the polyp is much healthier. Weather permitting, we ship SPS frags with plastic strips only, we loosely wrap the coral, soak in tank water, then drain. It's amazing how much healthier they ship then using water, plus saves you freight cost. When it starts getting really cold, we'll go back to floating frags upside down with foam and water.

djcool563 · 01/27/2006, 02:38 PM

Yes i read an article about that Calfo wrote in RK a few years ago and he said this was the best way he found to ship things. i will get a link to the article for you

comatose · 01/27/2006, 02:41 PM

sure is,
its better than shipping with water now a days.

Read this:
dry shipping

djcool563 · 01/27/2006, 02:44 PM

WEll that was the article i was refering to sorry for getting it mixed up. Thanks comatose

Celso Suguimoto · 01/27/2006, 02:59 PM

I tried but the coral bleaching ... (sorry of my english... but I am Brazilian)

jjackson · 01/27/2006, 08:26 PM

Seems to work well.... mine polyped out right away when I put it in my tank

01/27/2006, 02:38 PM	#2
djcool563 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NE OHIO Posts: 1,233	Yes i read an article about that Calfo wrote in RK a few years ago and he said this was the best way he found to ship things. i will get a link to the article for you __________________ " A man truly at peace with himself has the potential to do something, but the ablility not to" "Think not why the sky is blue but instead think that the sky is blue for a reason" Some of my quotes Current Tank Info: 55g with 250w MH 14k bulb with 2 110w VHOs

01/27/2006, 02:44 PM	#4
djcool563 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NE OHIO Posts: 1,233	WEll that was the article i was refering to sorry for getting it mixed up. Thanks comatose __________________ " A man truly at peace with himself has the potential to do something, but the ablility not to" "Think not why the sky is blue but instead think that the sky is blue for a reason" Some of my quotes Current Tank Info: 55g with 250w MH 14k bulb with 2 110w VHOs

01/27/2006, 02:59 PM	#5
Celso Suguimoto Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Brazil Posts: 54	I tried but the coral bleaching ... (sorry of my english... but I am Brazilian) __________________ Celso

01/27/2006, 08:26 PM	#6
jjackson Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Houston, Texas, USA Posts: 718	Seems to work well.... mine polyped out right away when I put it in my tank __________________ gigem James Jackson

01/27/2006, 02:41 PM	#3
comatose Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Flyers, Eagles, Phillies country Posts: 1,437	sure is, its better than shipping with water now a days. Read this: dry shipping