shipping question on zoo's

[ahullsb]

I just received 5 frags of various zoos, and none of them have opened yet. It's been two days. My question is that they were shipped in a stainless steel thermos and weren't bagged or anything. Would that cause a problem?

 

[distallassazn]

if the zoas were shipped well and were shipped healthy, they should open on the same day. Several times i have shipped zoas and the buyer told me that the zoas were open when they first opened the package.

 

[MrMikeB]

Give them some time. Especially if they were just fragged it can take a bit for them to come back out.

I have received shipped zoos in nothing more than a plastic bag zoos wrapped with wet paper towels inside - 2 day delivery and everyone of they did well after about 3-4 days.

 

[ahullsb]

But there is no problem with them sitting in a stainless steel container? I was just wondering if that would have anything to do with it. The thermos didn't smell the greatest and I didn't know whether that sort of metal was bad for them?

 

[MrMikeB]

No, those are food grade containers, which means they cannot leak or folks will be getting sick and lawsuits galore. I have heard many reefers use those as a cheap way to send frags insulated - never heard of any issues.

 

[djscribz]

i had a frag that took over 2 weeks to open up. some zoos are just more sensitive i guess

 

[ahullsb]

thanks

 

[xia]

I've heard that an iodine dip will help them to open up. That is if you didn't already dip them when you got them. If they're shrinking or sliming that's a bad sign.