just picked up a gold stem torch!

[88rxna]

i could never be so happy.:spin1::wavehand:

i think these LPS are amazing. the best part is, i paid $60 for 3 heads!!!:frog:

i just got it today so sorry..no pics yet. its still acclimating and not fully flated. the reason i got this deal was becuase the skeleton is slighty damaged. the seller had it in her system for 6 weeks before releasing it to me. crazy enough i found this deal on ebay. this store has to be the greatest store i have ever bought from. i even got a freebie with my order.

 

[88rxna]

Okay...so i put the frag after acclimation at 1PM today and this was 7PM.
I know i should have waited for the lights but i couldnt..

 

[88rxna]

So today it looks the same if not a little worse? I moved it into some shade in hope that it will extemd looking for light. Parameters are all in check and po4 is .03 via hanna checker. When should i be worried im gonna lose it? Thanks

 

[joe3196]

I would just leave it alone for a while and don’t worries until about 3 days have passed. When I move mine it usually takes about that long to recover.

 

[joe3196]

I would just leave it alone for a while and don't worries until about 3 days have passed. When I move mine it usually takes about that long to recover. sorry double poast

 

[88rxna]

Thanks. Last night i could barely see the polyps they were so far in the skeleton. It was really upset.

 

[SushiGirl]

Make sure it's not getting too much flow.

 

[88rxna]

I moved it last night a final time to a spot that doesnt have much flow. I think it will be a miracle if it makes it. All the other corals (including SPS) i placed in the tank the same time are doing great. Polyps extended and happy just not this guy. Im not sure what else to do? How will i know if its a goner?

 

[88rxna]

:what:
Slowly melting away ..

 

[SushiGirl]

Yeah, that looks like a goner.

 

[floridascape]

Toast, slather some butter on that bad boy...

 

[88rxna]

I thought so..:what:
Anything i can special/ different on the next one i get to stand a better.chance?
Could it have been the shipping and the damage in its skeleton that caused this?

 

[scsdukefan408]

O man that blows...not to throw salt on your open wounds....im sorry...seems like it was infected or that somehow the tissue had been damaged.

 

[88rxna]

Yeah. My guess shipping damage. The place i ordered it fom did give me half the money back though. It is now toast...
Im wondering if iodine dips would have saved it?

 

[DrewBlood]

bummer :\