SPS coral arrived bleached

[Lavey29]

So I am just starting down the SPS path and ordered some frags for overnight shipping. They arrived in pretty bad condition with significant bleaching.

Do SPS have the ability to recover from this level of white bleach? I put them in the tank but have seen no improvement in first 24 hours. The vendor is very responsive though so I am not concerned there but I really was hoping for good results because of the colors. Here is a few pics.

 

[Lavey29]

Well unfortunately R2R is not allowing my pics to post again.

 

[Lavey29]

Here are the 3 frags

 

[ScottB]

Wow, those look pretty rough. They looked like this in the bag? Were the bags cold? Arrive on time?

Ideally you sent the vendor a pic on arrival.

 

[markwayts]

As long as there is any life on them they might come back but it takes months. I had a red pla

 

[Lavey29]

Wow, those look pretty rough. They looked like this in the bag? Were the bags cold? Arrive on time?

Ideally you sent the vendor a pic on arrival.

Yes pics are just out of the bag so that is how they arrived. It was 40s overnight during delivery but there was a warmer in the box but may not have been enough to keep them alive. Vendor is notified and responsive.

 

[homer1475]

I've had some arrive like that, some make it, some don't. Tough to say really.

Assuming you have SPS level water quality(like these aren't your first SPS frags), they could recover as long as there is still some flesh on them.

 

[Lavey29]

Well it's been 48 hours and so far no color or visible PE. I'm guessing these frags are gonners. The vendor said wait till after the weekend for a final assessment. On the bright side my other new SPS frags seem to be acclimating well and I got a cool green stylo colony from a tank break down for a great price.

 

[Blumy]

I spent a bunch before I found someone that I can only assume has parameters similar to mine. Nothing ever dies from him and grows like mad.

 

[Lavey29]

I spent a bunch before I found someone that I can only assume has parameters similar to mine. Nothing ever dies from him and grows like mad.

Yea, these 3 frags are toast. DOA let's see if the vendor does their part now.

 

[pasquale petrovia]

How about an update on those frags. I am using red sea coral energy plus and looks as if they are coming back a little bit

 

[Lavey29]

How about an update on those frags. I am using red sea coral energy plus and looks as if they are coming back a little bit

The vendor replaced the dead frags. My SPS are doing very well now in my tank. I have about 18 SPS corals now growing with good color. I use Red Sea also along with PNS yellow sno and just started trying acropower. All my softs and LPS are thriving now too.