coral shippment ok???..Bad smell

[jeffjcet]

:help:
Question?
These are the first zoo's I have. Should the water smelled super bad like rotten Brocolii when I received the coral? I also have lot's of bristtle worm activity on some of the frags. Makes me think I may have had some die off.
I am too new to know it they were ok when I got them. The package seemed ok, but it took almost 2 days from the time shipped to get here.
The zoos have been in my tank for 30 hrs and not opened. Hovever a large button colony seems ok.
Jeff

 

[nycbob]

it shouldnt smell. there was probably some dieoff during shipment. zoas r tough so gv it a few days, and they should open up.

 

[thud]

No, they should have smelt like lilacs.

 

[jeffjcet]

lilacs,,,realy?

New but not stupid.

 

[reefreak29]

i think all corals smell but thats just me , its probably fine zoas are pretty tuff

 

[bonebrake]

The bags shouldn't stink, but I have had some really stinkin' bags in some shipments and the corals ended up being ok.
As said previously, zoanthids are tough so they should be fine after two or three days.
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