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RevHtree
11/14/2006, 06:00 PM
I got 4 frags sent to me yesterday via usps express. The sender checked the signature waive box, but when I came home to get them today there was a note saying they will redeliver tomorrow!! They have a heat pack in there. Is there a possibility they will survive?

There are 4 different micro frags in there... :(
impur
11/14/2006, 06:14 PM
You can't go to the main warehouse and pick it up? Its always been an option for me.
RevHtree
11/14/2006, 06:22 PM
Its the post office, and its closed. Its at our local branch locked up tight. Maybe I should break in.......Kidding.

Crap this stinks.

So survival???
cee
11/14/2006, 06:42 PM
Rev:

Call the office in the morning before the trucks leave and see if they can pull them off and you can go by and pick them up ASAP. They're hardy corals, but getting banged around causes more problems than temps, IMO. I assume they're in the heated branch office, of course, and not setting out in a truck somewhere.

Dave
ViPeR_930
11/14/2006, 06:57 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8547206#post8547206 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cee
Call the office in the morning before the trucks leave and see if they can pull them off and you can go by and pick them up ASAP.
You can also go to usps.com with the tracking # and tell them to hold it at the office so you can pick them up tomorrow.
impur
11/14/2006, 07:00 PM
Yah if you can get em 1st thing in the morn i think you will be ok. Let us know how they turn out.
RevHtree
11/14/2006, 07:06 PM
Thanks for the info. As far as I know it is in the facility.

Hey Viper I looked around at usps.com but couldnt find the option to hold it. Could you link me too it?

Thanks.
RevHtree
11/14/2006, 07:16 PM
Hey nevermind Viper I just talked to usps and my package is now being held at the PO.

Thanks alot. I will keep you updated.
racerw
11/14/2006, 07:18 PM
RevHtree- I just had the same thing happen to me w/micros
they were delivered a day late. Everything was fine alittle stressed, but since than they have started to color up.
I wouldn't worry to much micros are hardy little buggers :)
Vamp1975
11/14/2006, 09:36 PM
I had a miscommunication once and had some spend 72+ hours sitting at FedEx. They were stressed but have since recovered. You should be fine they are one of the hardiest corals out there in terms of shipping.
All Delight
11/14/2006, 10:51 PM
I had a frag shipped to me and the bag leaked out all the water. There wasn't much water left in the bag, only what was able to stick to the bag. The frag was still damp.

They survived. Hopefully yours will too.
RevHtree
11/15/2006, 08:11 AM
Ok just picked them up from the post office and they are floating. One of the bags had leaked out some water, and it soaked the heat pack causing the heat pack not to work, and the water to turn black. I can see the polyps though in the bag and they look fine so far.
All Delight
11/15/2006, 10:15 AM
Good luck
impur
11/15/2006, 11:09 AM
Good to hear.
racerw
11/15/2006, 12:07 PM
So how are they
RevHtree
11/15/2006, 12:12 PM
Well I acclimated them and put them in a dark tank and went off to work. They honestly looked fine. :)

I'll try and get some pics later.
doesheya
11/15/2006, 12:21 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8551851#post8551851 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RevHtree
Well I acclimated them and put them in a dark tank and went off to work. They honestly looked fine. :)

I'll try and get some pics later.

Glad to hear!!
slojmn
11/15/2006, 12:21 PM
Hardy little boogers :D
RevHtree
11/15/2006, 03:33 PM
Ok here are a few pics. They are kinda upset cause I just glued them to new plugs, but I think they should be ok...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/revhtree/micro4.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/revhtree/micro3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/revhtree/micro2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/revhtree/micro1.jpg
racerw
11/15/2006, 04:10 PM
Looks good. They will be fine. If mine look stressed I like to feed seems to help:)
paininthewrasse
11/15/2006, 05:51 PM
nice micros I love the 1st and last one..

Theyre so darn expensive though, it kills me!
Extreme Corals
11/15/2006, 06:01 PM
They look like they should fine. Just keep them low for a while.
slojmn
11/15/2006, 06:41 PM
Very pretty choices you picked out. They look like they will be fine once they recover a bit.
atf72
11/15/2006, 08:36 PM
Indeed, very nice micros.
RevHtree
11/15/2006, 10:57 PM
Hey thanks everyone. The guy I got these off us is top notch to say the least!!

Thanks again you know who!! :)
All Delight
11/15/2006, 11:06 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8556676#post8556676 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RevHtree
Hey thanks everyone. The guy I got these off us is top notch to say the least!!

Thanks again you know who!! :)

Who Who Who
Fliger
11/16/2006, 04:16 PM
Last Friday I was supposed to receive a micro frag, a $200 tank raised red ric and a "rare" anemone and UPS screwed up and it sat in Louisville over the weekend. I got it Monday around 11:00 a.m. and the red ric was mush, the anemone had some stress and I'm unsure if he'll make it - but the micro is just fine. A little recessed for about 24 hrs, but now he looks fine - less a little of his natural color. That was 100 hrs in a bag with very little, very cold water.

Next couple weeks I'm going to ship a couple micros in trades and I was a little nervous but I'm not any more. :)
RevHtree
11/19/2006, 09:17 PM
Well all micros doing good and are expanding good!!