R2R LIVE SALE 3/5/22 SAT - Aqua SD 15th Year Anniversary LIVE SALE - Discounts, Games, Freebies, Fun!

[Freakmachine01]

Had to pick up 2 more pieces with the after sale

 

[Seamore2001]

I'm surprised no one has picked up this one - I would if I thought I (still) had room. At $280 post discount, it's a showpiece.

I'm looking at one of my tanks, thinking "If I pull that stupid massive Colt coral colony out and throw it away, I'll have room, right".

Get thee behind me Satan....

 

[flashsmith]

Symphilia don't ship well. Those are the only corals I've lost during shipping. Lost one from ASD which they refunded. They even confirmed they are not the best shippers. I do have 1 Symphilia that does good but lobos in general haven't been kind to me. I can grow Scolys like crazy but lobos not so much. I thought they were pretty much the same but apparently not.

 

[Seamore2001]

Thanks @flashsmith Mine have shipped fine, actually. The funny thing is that one of my lobos turned out to be a symphyllia, which has now been reclassified as a lobo. And another of my lobos isn't one because it's been reclassified as a (massive) Acan. Essentially all Aussie symphyllia are lobos, and some lobos are actually acans, and then there are lobos that are and always have been lobos.

You can see the morphological differences as well as behavioral ones (i.e. skeleton ridges and how often and far they extend feeding tentacles). Either way you go about it, they're really neat.

ASD stands behind their corals, so I'm comfortable buying their lobos (whatever they actually are) from them.

 

[Salty716]

Thanks @flashsmith Mine have shipped fine, actually. The funny thing is that one of my lobos turned out to be a symphyllia, which has now been reclassified as a lobo. And another of my lobos isn't one because it's been reclassified as a (massive) Acan. Essentially all Aussie symphyllia are lobos, and some lobos are actually acans, and then there are lobos that are and always have been lobos.

You can see the morphological differences as well as behavioral ones (i.e. skeleton ridges and how often and far they extend feeding tentacles). Either way you go about it, they're really neat.

ASD stands behind their corals, so I'm comfortable buying their lobos (whatever they actually are) from them.

Makes me want to win my eBay auction on a couple

 

[VegasReefer]

@TeamAquaSD are amazing. Received an email stating that one of my purchases was not looking so hot... So, they are replacing it prior to shipping with a better item. Its the little things that keep me coming back. Thanks again!!

 

[tanner h]

Hey everyone, just curious if you dip your corals from Aquasd? I won’t be home to unpack my box but my girlfriend will be. Do I need to teach her how to dip corals ? I believe my prior shipments from them were clean of any pest but I just wanted to see what y’all think, I have about 20 pieces coming

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Hey everyone, just curious if you dip your corals from Aquasd? I won’t be home to unpack my box but my girlfriend will be. Do I need to teach her how to dip corals ? I believe my prior shipments from them were clean of any pest but I just wanted to see what y’all think, I have about 20 pieces coming

I don't, and I've never gotten any pests from them, but I also have multiple wrasses who eat coral pests, so your mileage may vary

 

[bondsgot73]

@TeamAquaSD @AquaSD any chance we’ll see more inverts/fish added to the site before ships dates start hitting?

 

[bondsgot73]

Hey everyone, just curious if you dip your corals from Aquasd? I won’t be home to unpack my box but my girlfriend will be. Do I need to teach her how to dip corals ? I believe my prior shipments from them were clean of any pest but I just wanted to see what y’all think, I have about 20 pieces coming

Always dip your frags no matter who you get coral from - online or local. Pests aren’t a risk worth taking.

 

[JGT]

Hey everyone, just curious if you dip your corals from Aquasd? I won’t be home to unpack my box but my girlfriend will be. Do I need to teach her how to dip corals ? I believe my prior shipments from them were clean of any pest but I just wanted to see what y’all think, I have about 20 pieces coming

Dip everything you get from any vendor. Cheap insurance against headaches later on.

 

[TnFishwater98]

Dip everything you get from any vendor. Cheap insurance against headaches later on.

I’d dip any coral received.

 

[jkcoral]

Hey everyone, just curious if you dip your corals from Aquasd? I won’t be home to unpack my box but my girlfriend will be. Do I need to teach her how to dip corals ? I believe my prior shipments from them were clean of any pest but I just wanted to see what y’all think, I have about 20 pieces coming

Always dip your corals bro!

You could get some of the Coral RX One Shot packets to make it a little easier for her. Or if you have a small quarantine or hospital tank, you could just have her pop them in there until you are able to dip them.

That is a good amount of coral to unpack, drip/acclimate, and get situated. You could also get a Rubbermaid tote or container and have her hold them in there until you can get back to them.

 

[bondsgot73]

I use a small sterilite container to acclimate coral. They’re cheap and a good size (about the size of a shoebox) for coral acclimation imo.

 

[OrchidMiss]

Alllllways dip, no matter what vendor.
Just have your gf float the bags, and you take care of it when you get home.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Hey everyone, just curious if you dip your corals from Aquasd? I won’t be home to unpack my box but my girlfriend will be. Do I need to teach her how to dip corals ? I believe my prior shipments from them were clean of any pest but I just wanted to see what y’all think, I have about 20 pieces coming

I would. Although my corals from AquaSD have generally been clean'ish, I have found some hitchhikers. Plus..it is called good practices.

 

[ADAM]

Thanks @flashsmith Mine have shipped fine, actually. The funny thing is that one of my lobos turned out to be a symphyllia, which has now been reclassified as a lobo. And another of my lobos isn't one because it's been reclassified as a (massive) Acan. Essentially all Aussie symphyllia are lobos, and some lobos are actually acans, and then there are lobos that are and always have been lobos.

You can see the morphological differences as well as behavioral ones (i.e. skeleton ridges and how often and far they extend feeding tentacles). Either way you go about it, they're really neat.

ASD stands behind their corals, so I'm comfortable buying their lobos (whatever they actually are) from them.

If memory serves, I believe orange is one of the main distinctions between the similar looking lobos and acans. Most of the time if it has orange it is an Acanthastrea pachysepta, no orange= lobophyllia

 

[tanner h]

Always dip your corals bro!

You could get some of the Coral RX One Shot packets to make it a little easier for her. Or if you have a small quarantine or hospital tank, you could just have her pop them in there until you are able to dip them.

That is a good amount of coral to unpack, drip/acclimate, and get situated. You could also get a Rubbermaid tote or container and have her hold them in there until you can get back to them.

If I setup a container for her to just put them in till I get home what all do I need ? Do I need some live rock in their or a power head and heater , they will probably be in their for about 6 hours

 

[TnFishwater98]

If I setup a container for her to just put them in till I get home what all do I need ? Do I need some live rock in their or a power head and heater , they will probably be in their for about 6 hours

Heater, small power head wouldn’t hurt

 

[bondsgot73]

If I setup a container for her to just put them in till I get home what all do I need ? Do I need some live rock in their or a power head and heater , they will probably be in their for about 6 hours

If you have a sump I would just have her float them in there.