Acan Lord Survival ?

[The Saltwater Kid]

I am on a trip to Toronto with my wife visiting her relatives and we stopped by a local reef store and he has Aussie Acan Lord frags. I am going to purchase one but wondered how hardy they are and can they survive being in a plastic bag with water for 24 hours? Unfortunately I either want to take a chance and do this or completely pass up the opportunity as the store is closed on Monday which is of course the day we are leaving . Any odd's on the Acan making it?

 

[SteveOhh]

You might have trouble getting it thru customs..................depends on if they consider it a "live" animal or not. You may try declaring it as a "aquarium decoration" & see if that works, however if they classify it as a "live animal", I think it may be a bit more difficult.

 

[acroporas]

Time is not a problem. On the trip from Australia to the US, the coral was in a bag for at least 48 hours.

The challenge is keeping the coral a good temperature. You need to keep the water between 70 and 80 degrees. If you can keep the termperature in the range the entire time, it should be fine.

 

[A.T.T.R]

when you go throu customs .. do it dry. then add water back tot eh bag later.. that way it will remove and ideas taht it is "live"

 

[The Saltwater Kid]

the last time I went through customs a couple of years ago they didn't search too much...I mean they asked you the standard questions like where you're from, what's the purpose of your visit etc. and they opened the trunk and just unzipped the luggage but didn't paw through it much. If I put the bag maybe in our dirty laundry bag underneath the dirty clothes do you think that would work? Any other idea's (the taking it through dry sounds good but i don't want to put any unecessary stress on the animal)?

 

[paininthewrasse]

lol your asking for ideas 2 help smuggle your coral into the country.. wow

 

[The Saltwater Kid]

it's just a small frag...i wouldn't think they'd get all upset about it, it's not like the thing could fall into one of our streams or lakes and survive and multiply and become an invasive species that eradicates all of the natural life.

 

[andrewkw]

I think it would surive but you could end up paying huge fines when you could just buy them for a couple hundred a polyp in the US. who knows something worse could happen.

Saying its a small frag is like saying its only a gram of coke not a pound.

I take it you were at reef raft. How do you compare the reef shops around here with US ones?

 

[A.T.T.R]

dont try to hide it.
put it where they can see it ( but have it moist) and tell them.. its decoration for your fish tank
you wouldent of lied to them.. so they really cant say anything.
if they ask for more info.. give them more info. but dont tell them you bought it. tell them its from a family member or somthing.

 

[The Saltwater Kid]

I've never seen the vat-style setup before and was truly amazed by your reef stores...a TON more corals then my LFS. Unfortunately all this is moot point now as my wife got scared of the whole situation and wouldn't let me buy the coral :-(. Oh well, I guess I will just wait until they arrive in the U.S. and trickle their way east, I know it'll be more money but at least their won't be any customs risk involved!

 

[redFishblue]

Its good you passed on it.
I was visiting a store in Vancouver B.C., and an employee there told me of a guy who got caught with some corals at the border. They took the coral, went through his car with a fine tooth comb, and was slapped with a fine. I'm sure they'll take an extra look into his car now when he passes through.
They should become more available in the near future imo.
A LFS near me got one in and if they can get one, I'm sure your LFS can get them too if they wanted.