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Did I kill my new frags?

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Mits
, 01-29-2010 at 04:38 PM (1342 Views)
Last night I traded a frogspawn frag for a hawkins echinata and a pearlberry frag, but I was on my way up to a commitment that I had to fulfill. It was about 10 degrees outside, but since the car would only be cold for a couple hours and I had the frags sealed in a cooler I thought the water wouldn't cool down much. Boy was I wrong. I grabbed them when it was time to drive home and the water was pretty cold, so I tried to hold them in front of the heater the entire hour I was driving home. I floated the bags as soon as I got home, then put the frags in the tank when they were up to temp. I hadn't seen them while working today, but when I got home I noticed that they were pretty pale.




The hawkins is actually a bit darker blue than in the pic, but still not the deep purple it was when I traded for it. Are these on their way out, or could they come back?

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  1. duster's Avatar
    I always have a lunch size insulated bag for frags, and have made stops during transit. Just make sure you keep them on your person. never leave in a vehicle cold, or hot. I have taken frags inside a restaurant, among other places. As for your frags its probably stressed induced bleeching, or could even be light induced. (needing to be acclimated to your lighting).
  2. MeVsTheWorld's Avatar
    Massive stress, I would say. I would also put them on the sandbed for a couple days pending how bright your lights are. Instead of smakin you in the face, that's all they can do I've dome something similar, and thought the water isn't that cold till I got home and felt my tank water.....
  3. NATUREBATSLAST's Avatar
    Weather-wise...that's life up here in Northern NE. IME, Softies and lps and Zoanthids especially, are extremely hardy when it comes to "frag neglect" for transport. Acros have such a narrower temp range, but it sounds like those frags got pretty chilly. That second picture looks like its gone, but you never know. The first frag looks promising.
    Transport, I (and most in the hobby up here) usually have heat packs or some sort of warmer. FWIW, clipping the corner of the plastic packaging can stretch out the life of the pack as opposed to just taking it out of the package. If I don't have too many bags, I just double bag them and keep them in my coat for the ride. In the past I've asked people at work to "keep a box warm" for me, and once I tell (and show them) it's alive they usually guard it pretty well.
    Regardless, it sucks to lose new frags.
  4. Mits's Avatar
    Yeah, so the hawkins echinata is pretty much a goner now and the pearlberry is losing tissue at it's base. The only hope on the pearlberry is one branch still has some color and may survive. I'm so pissed at myself. I traded a huge piece of my frogspawn and now have nothing to show for it.