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Old 01/03/2008, 10:35 PM
simon.007 simon.007 is offline
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Shipping Dendrophyllia

I have dendrophyllia to be shipped to Florida. UPS say about 24 (6 hours in transit) hours. Would the dendrophyllia survive in plastic bags not heated in cargo space of airplane? How much h2o needed? Also how about GSP?

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Old 01/03/2008, 10:55 PM
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in this kind of weather I would included a heat pack and would only use fedEx. I've had problems with both ups and usps loosing or holding stuff or sending it to the wrong place for some unknow reason. Biggest tip is use as much bags as you can. Also I fill mine about 1/2-2/3 of water.
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Old 01/04/2008, 02:20 AM
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Thanks Mario! How about in sealed hard plastic boxes? Are these corals as sensitative as SPS?

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Old 01/04/2008, 10:31 AM
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also it probably is not the best time to ship anything as most of the east coast is freezing over right now... including florida and Memphis ( fedex's HUB)
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Old 01/06/2008, 03:06 AM
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I'm curious how long does it typically take to recover from shipping? I've had some dendros for 10 days and they still haven't fully opened I'm starting to get worried. When I bought them I wasn't worried because all I heard was how hardy they are. Thanks
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Old 01/06/2008, 10:14 AM
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Did not ship mine. Decided to sell locally
 


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