ZFA satans breath grow out thread

codylowe

codylowe

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Originally Posted by m0nk
http:///forum/post/2678612
That was likely amphipods and/or copepods. They'll eat dead and dying flesh, so if this particular coral was dead or dying (even if you can't really tell right away), they'll go for it and clean it up.
I've had pods eat up my healthy zoas. This is why i took them all out of my main tank and put them into a frag tank with eggcrate so the pods have a harder time reaching them.
I would look at them every night with a flashlight and all my zoa colonies would be covered in pods.
They are much better now in the frag tank
 
reefkprz

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Mike,
They opened up and died. That's a sign of improper acclimation. Those polyps were shocked.
Those were fragged 2 weeks ago. As you can see there's no glue was used on that frag. It was cut from the rock itself and nothing touched the polyps. Even if you cut that the day its being shipped, it will still be okay because the only section was cut is the rock not the polyps.
Too bad. I even gave you some extra polyps on those frags.
John
since he did not include acclimation procedures he requires, I would say I acclimated them better than his instructions.
apparantly cutting the connecting flesh between the polyps counts as cutting rock.
eh. I'm just miffed they crashed on us. I dont lose corals. so its quite a shock to me, only had a few accidents with shipping errors, even the shipment that sat in the warehouse for a weekend midsummer almost half the polyps on one rock survived.
well I gottta head out to work, thanks for being understanding everyone. this is not quite how I envisioned this whole thing going.
 
peef

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If I had a colony of these I would send you some....!!! Sorry but I don't but who knows maybe someday?!?!!?!? Sorry they went down.
 
fats71

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Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE
http:///forum/post/2678862
i was able to contact the vendor.
this is the response i got...
I know the vendor just about as much as i know reefkpz. I have an inkling to believe reef more than the vendor.
basically, from how i read this, he's saying that we are SOL.
sorry guys.

It would not hurt to ask even if you think he will say no. JMO
 
flricordia

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Originally Posted by PerfectDark
http:///forum/post/2678909
ehhh it happens... no biggy. Although I do laugh that they said they were improperly acclimated. I wonder what their recommended acclimation procedure is? I have never done anything more than temp acclimate and place in my tank.
No matter, win some, lose some. On too bigger and better things.

Temp acclimation is all that they need. Anything else and that is when you stand a chance of loosing them. I don't even temp acclimate at times if they have been shipped, especially if the water is dirty looking, just want to get them into some new water.
TO be honest I have never lost a zoa or coral for that matter due to acclimation. I think the shipping water was not proper or the shipper fragged them right before shipping. Who knows?
And though the bumble bees and sopranos might be gone, I would rather not have them then take a chance with the shipper again with that attitude myself.
 
iyachtuxivm

iyachtuxivm

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And though the bumble bees and sopranos might be gone, I would rather not have them then take a chance with the shipper again with that attitude myself.
+1 I second that one!
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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Originally Posted by Flricordia
http:///forum/post/2683726
Temp acclimation is all that they need. Anything else and that is when you stand a chance of loosing them. I don't even temp acclimate at times if they have been shipped, especially if the water is dirty looking, just want to get them into some new water.
TO be honest I have never lost a zoa or coral for that matter due to acclimation. I think the shipping water was not proper or the shipper fragged them right before shipping. Who knows?
And though the bumble bees and sopranos might be gone, I would rather not have them then take a chance with the shipper again with that attitude myself.
Ahhh, thanks. the moral support is great you guys. I am sorry to everyone that chipped in and got burnt by the dead zoas. I too would reccomend against buying from the same supplier again, just on principal. overnight shipping, who loses corals on overnight shipping?
 
perfectdark

perfectdark

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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
http:///forum/post/2683771
Ahhh, thanks. the moral support is great you guys. I am sorry to everyone that chipped in and got burnt by the dead zoas. I too would reccomend against buying from the same supplier again, just on principal. overnight shipping, who loses corals on overnight shipping?
ummmm you dude... you...

LOL jkjk a bit of humor to lighten this thread a bit...
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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the small piece of rubble they were on counts as rock. they just werent attached to anything sizable enough to place securly in my tank.
 
cowfishrule

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after back and forth with reef, we are happy to say that at least something will come out of this.
with the satans came a freebie. reef and i kept this on the hush because yoos guys were going to recieve a frag of this as a surprise when you opened your box of satans breath.
i was told by vendor that this was kedds red, although judging by the pic, i dont think it is, neither does reef.
these were also not doing well, but reef says it looks like they will pull through.
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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as cowfish just posted in the picture is a freebie that came along with the satans breath and we were going to ship them with your satans breath as a suprise for everyone. it looks like these may pull through only one polyp is open but its been a while so I am 90% sure they will survive. I didnt want to mention them untill I was pretty sure they would live. I will grow these out and any of the people who payed for satans breath are entiteled to these. I will get the list from CFR when the time is appropriate. I hope this is a consolation for those of you who lost out on this buy.
 
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