How do you acclimate your acro and monti frags and colonies?

[dgasmd]

People laways talk about acclimation, but I know more people than not have a very crude or no acclimation when introducing new specimens.

What do you do??

Let me go first:

Frags: float the bag for 30-45 min, take frag out of the water, discard 100% of the water it came in, and place the frag in its ultimate position.

Colonies: I have only done this once since I am a frag guy, but it exactly the same as above.

I don't advocate this method for anyone, but I am curious as to how many poeple do anything beyond the above and more importantly WHY???

 

[Anonymous]

I float the bag for 30 minutes and then start adding small amounts of tank water to the bag every ten minutes or so. I do this for an hour or so.

I have also used the drip method. That works well.

I think the slower you acclimate things the better chance they will have at surviving and becoming truly healthy corals, clams, fish, whatever.

Louey

 

[NaCl-H2O]

Actualy I'm one of those who just put the corals in. I acclimate almost everything else except corals, LR, & LS with the drip method. But acclimating them won't hurt them and may even be the best way to go.

 

[golfish]

I float the bag for 20 minutes, transfer the coral and enough water to cover in a 1 gal bucket (or smaller) and add a little water every 15 minutes for 1-2 hrs...depends on how much time I have..

I've just took home and stuck em in the tank too. If I have time I try to acclimate.

 

[Ben1]

float the bag for 30 minutes and then start adding small amounts of tank water to the bag every ten minutes or so. I do this for an hour or so.

I do this also but when its time to place the coral I take it out of the water in the bag and throw away all the water it came in.