Mass Thermos Swap V1.0

[ronkent]

BK i got ur mail. Man i hope they pull thru...i havent received either of mine yet Stoopid wisconsin slow mail. I couldnt email ya back...my email may be down a few days.

[Ben]

I got my first one from CritterZ today. They havent opened yet but when they do I will post some ppictures.

That was 2 day from San fran CA to Paoli PA for $5.75, now thats a good deal.

BTW the heat pack you used Leo was still warm, actually I am sitting next to it right now and it is still warm!

Thanks

[CritterZ]

Got mines from Ben also.

[alexchern75]

I just got my 2 shipments, that where sent out one day before i sent mine out, so Ben and Ronkent should be getting theirs tomorrow.
Ben thanks for the very nice frag, not fully opened yet but i can definitelly see the potential and I do believe that you where eating peanut butter crackers while you were packing, I really apreciated the gesture but I didn't eat the half eaten one in the box, haha!
Ron, I think there may be a few survivors but most of the crazy glued individual polyps separated and desintegrated during shipping .

[skyedolphan]

alexchern Love your gallery the kids pics were too cute your daughter is adorable I love the pics with her behind the tank I took some today of my daughters doing the same LOL before I seen yours
youneed a couple more of you other child though LOL
got zoas? yup wanta trade LOL ( your sig )

[alexchern75]

thanks sky! That little girl has given purpose to my life she's awesome

[Ben]

and I do believe that you where eating peanut butter crackers while you were packing

Whooops! Sorry about that! Made me laugh reading that though.

Glad to here the frag is doing well.

Ben

[ronkent]

got both of mine today. acclimating now. both my thermos's water was down to 60 degrees BK ur smelled a lil....the calustrea u included doesnt look good hopefully it will pull thru. course the zoos on both...ya never know....their pretty tuff so im pretty sure they will do fine.

[sarduci]

You water was at 60? Geeze, the one I got today was at 34~35ish when I checked..... Both of mine smelled like rotten eggs when I got them in which I think means that they froze and killed off everything else on the rocks....... =?(

[ronkent]

well that sux.

[corro]

My second shipment was in a big thermos with the glass type interior. USPS played a little football with the package and shattered the interior, which tore the bags open, the thermos leaked and emptied out .... I figured it couldnt hurt to toss the frags into the tank. Believe it or not they all (3 small frags) had polyps opening up about 4 hours later.

[ronkent]

maybe we shoulda waited a couple more weeks so the weather was a tad warmer...seems those of us in the colder areas are the ones that had problems. ANother prob i have now is what came from who lol....i was in such a hurry to acclimate i dun remember who sent what lol.

[sarduci]

Yeah, the next one I do will be in a month - six weeks. Should be much warmer by then. =?)

[ronkent]

heh the only prob then is where its warm now....will be thot there

[joseney21]

i received both my shipments, the water temp in both bags seemed pretty low, i did check the temp in one bag and it was down to 60, but those opened up rather quickly whether it was partially or fully. they survived which is what counts.the others i tossed in the tank immediately to warm up that bag, but they haven't opened up yet.one package got here in a day,the ones that haven't opened up, but made it here yesterday which was much colder.the others took two days to get here but made it here on the warmer day, still pretty cold, but managed to pull through.i still have y fingers crossed for the others.thanks to my swap partners and sarducci for the experience, very nice.

[Ben]

I got my second package today, acclimated them and placed them in the tank. Nothing I got has opened yet but in a few days I am sure they will all be good.

Thanks to everyone!

Ben

[joseney21]

does it take days at times for things to open???

[sarduci]

Sometimes. Depends on what they went through....

[sarduci]

Big thanks to trueblackpercula for being a stand-up kind of guy. Anyone who needs a good guy to trade with he's got my recommendation.

[SuperFishy]

cant wait for the next trade.

[joseney21]

i just bought some zoo's, those and the ones i got from the swap could be ready for the next swap, who knows.....the ones that were closed before look like they're opening up i cant wait.

[sarduci]

Well, came home after being gone for the day and found that just about anything that I got in the swap was dead. 3 days in a jar in this cold weather was just too much for them. =?(

Oh well, next time I know I'll pony up for 2nd day shipping for mine.....

[AJP]

All of mine are doing good, even the one that took four days to get here. It is open and looks great.

[ronkent]

i had one set make it and one didnt. odd that my california ones didnt make it(warmer climate) but the ones from idaho(colder climate) did. Sorry to hear sarduci. I'll hafta hook ya up with some. After all it was all your hard work that got everyone else their zoos(the ones that made it.) Ill try to frag some up this week and ill pm ya my #...only catch is u gotta come pick up otherwise im draggin the kid around lol.

[sarduci]

Thanks for the offer! I've also got to make about 50g of water tonight, the zoa's when white and mushed out/spewed before I got home and saw what was happening. They all looked "ok" so it all happened in a matter of 18 hours. The little feather dusters are zipping in and out having a great time eating lunch......