How cold is to cold when shipping.

[tc269]

Ok just curiuos if some people are picky when getting frags in like i am. I always take the temp when they come in and everything. Whats the coldest shippment you have gottin in without any problems. Also do you find it better that they are colder than warmer?

Mine was 59 degs and they were chalices and they are just fine.

 

[benny z]

def better cold than hot ime.

have had some pretty chilly shipments, but not measured. i had 3 favia frags arrive 3 days late and they were just fine.

 

[mfinn]

I do check the temp when I get a box of frags.
I had one come in that was 54 degrees and nothing survived.

The guy that shipped it called bs because he put a heat pack in it. But as I pointed out it was a small box and he sealed it completely with tape, and once the heat pack used all the O2 in the box it went out and got cold.

I had a shipment come in at 64 degrees and everything in this one survived.

 

[Harry_Y]

I do check the temp when I get a box of frags.
I had one come in that was 54 degrees and nothing survived.

The guy that shipped it called bs because he put a heat pack in it. But as I pointed out it was a small box and he sealed it completely with tape, and once the heat pack used all the O2 in the box it went out and got cold.

I had a shipment come in at 64 degrees and everything in this one survived.

I've never used heat packs before, so I did not know about this.

Interesting, I learned something new.


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[Nanofins]

During the winter I take the temp with a digital probe, and I once had a shipment come in at 53.5F. No issues at all. Cold is definitely tolerated by the majority of corals better than hot, though a sudden change in either direction I would imagine would be bad. If corals appear stressed, I just take a pic of the probe in the bag water as verification of temp, though this has never really been a big issue.

Generally speaking, I won't ship if the temps are getting much below freezing (ei night temps below 30F). I have shipped in temps as cool as 15F and not had problems, but I don't like the risk it involves.

 

[Breakin Newz]

About a year ago I bought a chalice colony from ebay, the guy shipped it out in a box with no lining, no heatpack, and the chalice was half out the water... It was about 19F outside that day, and believe it or not it came in alive! Not even that stressed out, I was totally suprised and shock that it made it!