Shipping and Transport of Corals

[Celso Suguimoto]

Is really a safe metody ??

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]

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]

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

Read this:
dry shipping

 

[djcool563]

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

 

[Celso Suguimoto]

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

 

[jjackson]

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