Acro from J&L

[Snappy]

Interesting how a piece of coral can change so much in a day of shipping?
Here is the picture from J&L's website of the blue acro.


Here is how it looked when I got it and still does.


My feeling is this coral was misrepresented but the more important question is how can I get it to look like their picture?

[fakename]

With incredibly intense actinic lighting and by somehow installing Adobe Photoshop onto the front glass of your tank.....

[mr_alberta]

I actually saw that acro when I was in JL's. It looked exactly as pictured. My guess is that the stress of shipping browned out the coral.

[Jason McK]

Ya I saw it too. Give it some time

J

[Snappy]

Well I'm glad to hear that it did look that once. I'll keep my fingers crossed. I have had other stuff come to me by air before and it was always ok when I got it. Maybe they need to look at another courier.
Thanks,

[One_Divided]

It is not uncommon at all for an acro to lose a lot of its colour during shipping.. I'm sure under the right conditions, it'll be back in a couple weeks.. Nice piece!

[bluetang]

This time of year, shipping corals is very hard on them. If they dont show up in a block of Ice, I'd say your lucky

[Chin_Lee]

Originally Posted by One_Divided

It is not uncommon at all for an acro to lose a lot of its colour during shipping.. I'm sure under the right conditions, it'll be back in a couple weeks.. Nice piece!

i think thats gonna take a couple of months for it to color back up. they can deteoriate as much in 24 hours but 2-4 months for them to recover.

Originally Posted by Newguy

I actually saw that acro when I was in JL's. It looked exactly as pictured. My guess is that the stress of shipping browned out the coral.

Harvey... this piece was sweet. Ya should have picked this one up cuz it would be looking sweet in my sump (sorry all .. inside joke)

[rusty]

Im sure it would.....

[Snappy]

If it didn't cost me so much that's where I would put it.