Ordered my first coral online... thinking it was a disaster... tell me I’m wrong

[Primereddime]

Hopefully it will recover I had a acan frag given to me from creation that had just a bit of glow color in the mouth and now it's full and splitting

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[ichthyoid]

If you have some amino acids try squirting some around it with the pumps off. Especially after the lights are off for about 20 min. If it doesn’t respond, that’s not good.

 

[56cbr600rr]

If you have some amino acids try squirting some around it with the pumps off. Especially after the lights are off for about 20 min. If it doesn’t respond, that’s not good.

I do.
I’ll give it a go tonight. Thanks for the tip.

 

[ichthyoid]

May be good to dilute the amino’s down with some tank water & use gentle squirting. Then watch every few minutes with lights off, using a dim light if you can. Nothing to upset it any more.

 

[ichthyoid]

Also, did you happen to dip this coral?

 

[56cbr600rr]

Also, did you happen to dip this coral?

Yes sir. I did.

 

[ichthyoid]

Just curious, what dip did you use?

 

[56cbr600rr]

I used coral Rx.

after seeing its condition I also used Lugols.

 

[Milkmonster]

Man that stinks. Was looking at ebay for corals but always suspicious have not had good luck with fish. Was this off eBay

 

[56cbr600rr]

It was on Ebay, however I ordered directly from their site... After I spoke with the guy. They are also well knows on some of the larger forums.

Man that stinks. Was looking at ebay for corals but always suspicious have not had good luck with fish. Was this off eBay

 

[56cbr600rr]

Well didn’t make it. Came home from work today with a skeleton where the mouth was and bone showing in other places too.

sent pics to the place I bought it from as he asked me to do. We’ll see if anything happens with that.

Could there be an ammonia spike from this?

 

[kzoo]

Don’t give up hope if it still has flesh it can come back , I would move it into a shaded area and keep trying to feed it.

 

[Deuces]

Shade and food may help it’s not dead yet

 

[56cbr600rr]

Just an update.

The dealer I got it from is giving me a total credit for the cost of the coral. They did this with absolutely no Fuss.. I feel that is more than fair and will probably order some Acans from them at a later date.

 

[Steve Burton]

With that result I think it would be appropriate to name the vendor and compliment their customer service

 

[Shawn]

With that result I think it would be appropriate to name the vendor and compliment their customer service

I totally agree. The reason I haven't ordered online in the last year and a half is because most vendors won't do that. With that type of assurance I would buy from them.

 

[dball711]

Since we are naming names, Cornbred Corals, Unique Corals and Aqua SD have all provided similar experiences (although its rare to have a problem with any of them), they will take of any concerns. I buy a lot of livestock online...

 

[56cbr600rr]

Since we are naming names, Cornbred Corals, Unique Corals and Aqua SD have all provided similar experiences (although its rare to have a problem with any of them), they will take of any concerns. I buy a lot of livestock online...

Well then, I guess we can add DropoffCorals to the mix. And to be fair, the Acans I got from them were priced amazing and are super healthy.