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I know you may prefer to here from bza, but most likely not. Temperature would not be of concern in particular, but rather the ammonia level. The longer that bag sits, when you go to open it and the PH shoots up from the co2 expelling, that could be fatal. I would somehow arrange ad a day when you can be there to acclimate at arrival.
Some opinions may differ, but the fact is the longer it sits in a bag, the more ammonia will accumulate. Its possible you can swap the water out with matching temp and salinity, but I would hold off
CrayolaViolence
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I was going to ask about the Pukani Rock from here, because the photo on the website looks nothing like Pukani Fiji rock. I mean nothing. It might be the close up shot to show the "live" part" of FRESH live rock, but still. I would not expect this rock as fresh live, since they take a while to get it to you (at a very reasonable price I might add) but rather as boat rock. Boat pukani is usually shipped in card board boxes with some wet news paper. I have seen it come in covered in thick coralline algae, montipora, leathers, etc. all the way to nothing but shriveled dried sea weed stuck to the rock. However, I have seen more and more people buying/selling "fiji" rock, with the impression it's Fiji Pukani rock (which is a whole different creature) than other types of Fiji rock.
Now I have no idea what you got in your order, but have literally handled tons of the stuff for my LFS, I can tell you this. Some boxes come with larger pieces some come looking like they've been crushed (this stuff isn't tough rock either, it breaks off easily). Still. The crushed boxes should have at lest 2-5 usable large/med pieces in it. Also, these are 44 lb boxes. They are not very big. Large piece weigh, on average, 6-8 pounds. And that's pretty light.
No, I don't work for blue zoo...I'm just giving you a run down with my experience of having my hands on tons, literally tons of this rock. It's why I am so interested in their current sales price. It's a great deal BUT I can't tell if what they are offering is actually Pukani rock or Fiji rock they are saying or have been told is Pukani because, quite frankly, the photo is crap.
Pukani boat rock, RARELY looks that colorful (and only hours out of the box soaking wet). That photo us what you would expect with less than 24 hours out of the ocean. When you DO get boat rock with that kind of color I can almost guarantee you 90% will be lost in the curing process. It can be regained by curing it under a coral light and with a skimmer and feeding the rock, not just vat curing which also takes up to 5 weeks longer that skimmer curing and will most certainly guarantee nothing will EVER grow back (except the bacteria). But I've had some neat things come back on even boat rock if in the right conditions. I want to do an order of TRULY live, but the price plus shipping on their boat rock is VERY tempting. However I've emailed them asking for better photos and not received an email back. (maybe they are busy taking pictures). Pukani rock is very distinct. Once you've had your hands on enough of it you can tell if it's pukani rock no matter the density (which also ranges). I had boxes with 20 small pieces all really dense or 8 giant pieces all very light. I have a base ball size piece outweigh a basket ball sized piece, so where the rock is harvest has a big affect on the density. You might have very well received a typical box, and the next box over might have been atypical and had more too it. But boat rock is not shipped wet (except for some wet news paper usually to absorb rather than keep wet). Otherwise when you open it you'd die of the smell of decaying animal matter. If you want in-water rock you can go one of two ways. Buy it already cured (will cost you a lot more but it will arrive wet) or buy it FRESH off the airplane less than 24 hours out of the ocean and cure it yourself. Curing is an easy, although time consuming, space consuming, and can be VERY SMELLY process. Let's not for get the wonderful bristle worms hiding to sting you or in pieces waiting to sting you, or bobbit worms, etc. You can get some nasty bugs on truly live rock so you have to be ready to deal with them, which is why so many cure in a vat, let the ammonia levels spike to the point of poison, and kill off any critters.
Just my 2 cents. I am truly hoping they will send me photos I would REALLY like to buy some of this if it is Pukani rock, boat rock or not.
CrayolaViolence
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Finally got in contact with blue zoo---looking forward to seeing photos.
Blue Zoo is Awesom Possum~*
Blue Zoo is Awesom Possum~*
First time placing an order with these guys and this was the best online order yet Hands down! The coral are healthy and much bigger than expected...almost too big~* my Royal gramma was out and about looking for food in less than an hour acting like he owned the place, the Randall's pistol shrimp settled in nicely unfortunately on the other side of the tank from my watchman but perhaps they will bump into each other soon, both new fish, shrimp, and corals are doing nicely a day later and oh yea they also sent a cool little care package for the acclimation.
*Thanks, you guys are great*
Blue Zoo is Awesom Possum~*
First time placing an order with these guys and this was the best online order yet Hands down! The coral are healthy and much bigger than expected...almost too big~* my Royal gramma was out and about looking for food in less than an hour acting like he owned the place, the Randall's pistol shrimp settled in nicely unfortunately on the other side of the tank from my watchman but perhaps they will bump into each other soon, both new fish, shrimp, and corals are doing nicely a day later and oh yea they also sent a cool little care package for the acclimation.
*Thanks, you guys are great*
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