[Pinkheine]

Wow. Sorry for your losses guys. We arrived at 10am, made our purchases at 10:05 and left the swap at the end of the day(6pm). It was our first swap, we ended up picking up the lil' man from the sitter and then got home finally around 7:45pm. So the corals sat in the car in a plastic bag for almost two hours with nothing keeping them warm. Items made it into the tank by 10pm.

We used no heaters or anything and thankfully everything is happy and doing well. Rics, Zoas, Clam and Polys are all fine. Beginners luck maybe who knows, or maybe all my thanks should go to the wonderful vendor who held onto my items until the end of the swap.

[boozeman]

a small portable cooler is a good investment to keep your frags safe

[EmilyT]

it's not completely dead yet... lol i'll let you guys know in a while..
(dont worry im getting help)
im too lazy i posted it before and i dont feel like typing it all over again...

[ReefnQueens]

i bought 7 frags and 2 clams and all is well sorry to hear about the terrible news =(

[SWA]

the LPS tend to shred bags. The black plastic liners some vendors use work great. I tend to save them. DFS puts like 10 of them in layers when they pack. I save the outside dry layers
I actually ran out of bags Thanks Dr. Mac!
I lost 4-6 rics, not bad considering all the jostling etc.
Sorry for everyones losses
I do recommend hand warmers and a cooler...

B

	LPS Large Polyped Stony corals – In the aquarium hobby this is a common division of the species of stony corals based upon the visual assessment of the size of the polyps. Corals in this category were among the first stony corals to be kept successfully in captivity and include many very beautiful species. Commonly kept Genera include Euphyllia (hammer/frogspawn coral), Favia (brain coral), Plerogyra (bubble coral), Lobophyllia (meat/tooth coral), and Caulastrea (candycane coral). LPS corals also include the popular solitary non-colonial stony corals such as Fungia (plate coral), Cynarina (button coral), Trachyphyllia (open brain coral), and Herpolitha (tongue coral). Like their SPS counterparts, LPS corals require good water quality, intense lighting of the appropriate spectrum, adequate water movement and regular supplementation of calcium.

[ZANYMASTER]

No losses here,used the MR frag bag from the last swap.

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[Davidl919]

50% of my purchases gone...I brought about 14 Frags. I was there at 9am and got home about 7ish (Everything I got from ming is good.). I was afraid of buying the heater packs because I didn't know about how much heat would be produced by the packs.

[SI REEF]

The frags I bought are doing very well. I used the heat packs at the door. I did just have a huge loss of a miami huricane that was shipped doa today $350 frag. When I ship hammer lps I rubber band a piece of styrofoam to the frag and let it float.

	LPS Large Polyped Stony corals – In the aquarium hobby this is a common division of the species of stony corals based upon the visual assessment of the size of the polyps. Corals in this category were among the first stony corals to be kept successfully in captivity and include many very beautiful species. Commonly kept Genera include Euphyllia (hammer/frogspawn coral), Favia (brain coral), Plerogyra (bubble coral), Lobophyllia (meat/tooth coral), and Caulastrea (candycane coral). LPS corals also include the popular solitary non-colonial stony corals such as Fungia (plate coral), Cynarina (button coral), Trachyphyllia (open brain coral), and Herpolitha (tongue coral). Like their SPS counterparts, LPS corals require good water quality, intense lighting of the appropriate spectrum, adequate water movement and regular supplementation of calcium.

[REEF MANIA]

I also lost a clam. I'm just glad that everthing else I bought is doing great. Sorry for your loss guys.

[marki24]

I got around 10 frags and all is good. But i did loose the raffle aution if that makes anyone feel better