I got a couple guys on reef central holding frag packs for me. I don't want them to ship tell the temp is in a acceptable range. These are some realy high end sps and although they would replace any losses i don't want to risk the coral. So what is the minimal temp for acceptable risk? Thanks -Bill

80?

Lol i said minimal not optimal.

It all depends on the type of box and heat packs the seller is using to pack them in, I have shipped corals when it was below zero here and they arrived down south fine. If they are truly that high end I would wait till spring unless the seller is confident in his packing abilities and heat packs. That said, I have had SPS survive after being in water in the lower 60's but took a very long time to recover.

I'm thinking i'll wait tell it is at least 60 degrees. Spring is only a few weeks away!

I agree with Jeremy!   I buy and ship year round and I have never had any problems.  Common sense would tell them to use heatpacks so temperature really isn't an issue.

Posted By Waverz on 02/09/2010 12:29 PM
 If they are truly that high end I would wait till spring unless the seller is confident in his packing abilities and heat packs.

And if the seller is not confident I wouldn't buy from him/her again

It's not the seller he said it would be fine i'm the paranoid one!

Alright you guys talked me into it. But I know who to blame if they are doa! Lol jk no realy i'll blame you sone because i trust your judgement. Lol

What no one thought that Δ was funny? Anyway they came through just fine.
-Bill

What no one thought that Δ was funny? Anyway they came through just fine.
-Bill