This is how you pack frags!!!!

[tehmadreefer]

GLASS jars! Wow is all I have to say.

 

[TARHEEL78]

Nice, did they throw that ketchup in for free too?

 

[tehmadreefer]

Lol, that was a second freebie courtesy of a 10 yr old....

 

[tehmadreefer]

The bag in the jar is actually mesh, not a plastic bag as typical.

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

Where did they come from?

 

[Demonic]

I have always used specimen cups, plastic though not glass. Glass definitely seems classier

I have seen there is a trend now with using a plastic condiment cup cut into 4 slices on the bottom to hold the frag plug. Pretty ingenius

 

[TMB]

I agree that it seems risky due to the possibility of breakage. However it looks like it must have been packed well since it's not a pic of shards of glass and a dead Acro! I would be most concerned with everything arriving healthy - how they got to me would be of secondary concern.
But yeah, I would scratch my head at that too.

 

[tehmadreefer]

Well yes the packing is an A+ however the frags themselves, meh....

I'll be posting my experience in my other thread on the vendor

 

[Leadfooted]

I'm not crazy about the bags being able to touch frags especially SPS but that's me. I found this guys method to work extremely well using plastic. Only thing touching the frag is water.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/h...no-air-and-minimal-water.537394/#post-5913024

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

This is how you pack frags!

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

This is how you pack frags!

Have a link?

 

[Shirley Weller]

Have a link?

https://www.zen-reef.com/shop/coral-cup/

 

[ZoWhat]

I'd be worried about 3 things:

breakage during shipping

the extra weight of glass adding to shipping cost when its really not neccessary

glass disperses HEAT quickly. if I got frags shipped to me during the Winter in glass containers I would gasp at what the water temp got down to


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[User1]

The plastic golden flow cups are ideal if the frag size fits. It won't break, lid seals tight, somewhat cheap, and you can reuse.

Glass as noted above by @skimjim can break among other things. A lot of the risk with glass if it is packed well comes down to carrier of choice and how they handle it of course. My luck hasn't been great although I have great success with wine

 

[Nick tang]

Where did the corals come from? Maybe plastic was much safer?