Just Received from Vendor - Is This a Problem??

[damselindistress]

Just received an order from a trusted vendor, albeit my first order with them - 5 zoas and 2 stylos...

Fed Ex delivered yesterday evening a little after 5 pm, I immediately unboxed to dip.
All corals were packed individually and extremely well packed.

On unboxing everything was of course closed. I did notice the Inferno was like a limp noodle, very floppy. Also noticed a couple of white specks on the stem. I dipped all corals in Seachem reef dip for 20 minutes, squirted the surface and under the frag plugs to dislodge any hangers on, and cut off the plug stem.

After dipping I plopped everything in my pico reef for observation/quarantine before I put them in my main tank.

This morning everything is standing at attention, except the Inferno. It is upright and no longer floppy and a smaller polyp at the base is open but the main polyp is still closed up and the white specks are still there. Pics are below, ignore the goni in the back, she's coming back from the dead and still looking pretty rough lol.

What do you think? And should I reach out to the vendor?

 

[JustDewwit]

Give it a few days to get better, but advise the vendor immediately. Ive made the mistake of thinking it will get better and stuck with nursing a coral for months.

 

[damselindistress]

What do you think the white specks are? And should I pick them off or leave the coral alone for now?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

I’d see if you can remove

 

[Bfragale]

I’m not sure about white specks- if this is a Paly- they use sand in their structure and most paly’s do have these white specks of sand stuck to the base and stalk.

I would notify vendor just in case, but give it a few days and it should open up. The fact that the small one is opening and the large one is standing tall is a good sign.

hope this helps!
HAPPY REEFING!

 

[KellyCorals]

I agree you have to give zoas that look like that a week or more sometimes to normalize again but I’ve always had them come back around and be some of the heartiest zoas in my tank. Shipping does this too them sometimes.