cross
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whats the best way. same as fish, drip, float bag and adding water? how do you guys/gals acclimate your new arrivals?
acclimating corals ?
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cross
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how do you keep the temp up while drip acclimating for two hours?
I float, to temp acclimate. Then I open bag and add some tank water to bag, every 10 minutes or so, to equalize pH and any water parameters that may be different. While doing this, if I plan to do any precautionary dip treatments, I prepare them. Once coral is temp and water parameter acclimated, I either place in tank, or dip in treatments and then place in tank.
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If its corals and you get them shipped to you i would suggest to just temp acclimate them (do a dip with fresh made sw with same temp as tank) then place them in the tank cuz the more you leave them in the bag putting your water isn't good for the coral as it been sitting in its crap for overnight!
mal1099
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Im new to the hobby and i acclimate to temp and then place into my aquarium. Havent lost anything as of yet.
cross
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i to am farly new to the hobby. i reacently lost a monti cap very quickly after putting it in my tank (with in 3 days). i think it may be due to the way i acclimated it, thats why i started this thread. at one time i heard thats all you needed to do (acclimate to temp).
I havent acclimated a coral for near three years without any losses. If your getting stuff shipped, its definately best to at least flloat the bag for a while.
Really though, doing exactly as Returnofsid posted is the best thing to do until you get a better feel for keeping a reef tank.
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Cross, unless your parameters were vastly different than the tank your new coral came out of, I doubt it was an acclimation issue.
cross
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weird, you seen the picks of what i speek of. and the monti digi i got at the same time is ok.
I got a before and after pic of the cap. I sure don't remember seeing a pic of a digitata...lol. Maybe it was there and I just didn't notice. I've deleted those PMs since though. Sorry about that.
cross
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sorry, i didnt mean that you seen the digitata. i was just saying that the monti cap went very quick and the digitata still looks ok.
If you do come over tomorrow, bring some water with you. I'll test it for you, since you don't have some of the needed test kits yet. Just rinse out a tupperware container with RO/DI water, and put some tank water in it.
sandswhitson
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I very rarely acclimate corals at all. I float the bag for about 15-30 minutes depending on how long they have been in the bag and then I just "dump" them in the tank. Have never lost a coral from it.
If the corals came from a tank where I know the water quality is good, I float the bag and put the coral in the tank. If the coral has been shipped for a day, I will float the bag for a while then add water to it for about 1/2 hour then in the tank it goes. Depending on where it came from, I may do a precautionary dip.
Always ask the person you are getting the corals from if they have anything in their tank that you should know about, redbugs, flatworms etc. This always makes life a little easier on both parties.
apollothesun
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+1 on this procedure. sometimes i cut off the plug if i see algae or and kind of nuisance on it
roscoe
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Well it all depends on the source of the newly acquired coral for me. If it is local and from a well known reputable source i would just temp acclimate and throw it into the tank sometimes if It was just a short trip back home I just take it out put some glue on and place it in the tank. If it was shipped out to me from a vendor or someone of distance . I usually temp acclimate and then treat for any pest that caould possibly be hitch hiking.
cross
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when i come over i'll definitly bring some water to test. thank you
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Good way to do to sarang! I get shipments of coral every week or so lol! Almost every place HAS a acclimating sheet with package nontheless like i said it tells you to just to temp acclimate! Do what works for you but i stopped awhile ago with acclimating my tank water with corals only fish do i add my water!
roscoe
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Yeah I don't drip acclimate any corals just temp. To me it is a waste of time and effort. I mean when I frag my corals they are out of water for a few minutes or much longer. If you think about it the coral is now just in plain air with no water to hold its temperature. So now what? Do you have to drip acclimate the frag and colony to put it back into your tank? I don't think so! Thus the reason why I think it is a waste of time and effort. So for me just temp acclimate and they are good. Fish is a different story.
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