acclamation question

[buzzer]

I am getting a bta this friday evening fro
m a friend whose bta split about a month ago.
Once i get home i will be drip acclimatising for about 2 hours.
my question is that once it is ready to enter the tank , the lights will have gone out.
Therefore should i force the lights to stay on longer or will it be alright entering the tank in the dark.



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[killerbubbles]

Lights don't need to be on. If his salinity matches yours, i would say to drip for 30 mins or so. Just float the bag so the temps match. I am not a fan of long drips.

 

[Rippinfrags]

lights don't need to be on. If his salinity matches yours, i would say to drip for 30 mins or so. Just float the bag so the temps match. I am not a fan of long drips.

+1.

 

[buzzer]

Thanks about the lights advice.
will this mean the animal will stay put over night or could he still move about.
i normally drip long because my lfs salinity is always quite a way off mine.
coming from a fellow reefer his salinity should be alot closer so will drip less hopefully.


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[sfmacguy]

He will move around until he is somewhere he's happy( flow, light)

 

[jscarlata]

make sure you put the nem into a bowl of some kind inside your acclimation bucket...otherwise its hard to pick them up and transfer it without damaging it, with a bowl it will be submerged the whole time you transfer it to your tank, you just put the bowl in your tank and then take the nem and place it...

 

[buzzer]

Thanks guys.
am i right in thinking the 2 powerheads i have in my tank that i will need to put sponge on the intake area and leave the outflow area alone.


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[baldbean]

I picked one up yesterday and just placed the bag opened in my tank to temp acclimate for like 10 minutes. Then poured 3/4 of the water out and continuously added water from my tank to the bag every three to five minutes or so. Once the bag was about full, I emptied it out, grabbed the nem and put it in the place i liked. It moved a bit, planted itself, and inflated pretty nicely. The LFS water was about the same salinity as mine so that helped.

 

[ssgtgonzo]

+1.

+2

Btas love flow...during transport they release a lot of waste/toxins. They don't do well swimming in their own filth. So as soon as I can get them in my cleaner tank water the better. Then add a good amount of flow and they perk up really quick...it washes away all their filth.

 

[killerbubbles]

Thanks guys.
am i right in thinking the 2 powerheads i have in my tank that i will need to put sponge on the intake area and leave the outflow area alone.


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Cover the ENTIRE powerhead. They can/will get into any crevice they can, even the ouput side.

 

[buzzer]

would covering be a temporary measure until the animal settles or would this have to be permanemt.
also is tight netting sufficient as this would be less ugly.



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[killerbubbles]

would covering be a temporary measure until the animal settles or would this have to be permanemt.
also is tight netting sufficient as this would be less ugly.



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All the time. You never know when they will want to find a new spot. Tight netting should work. I use black pantyhose.

 

[buzzer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by buzzer

would covering be a temporary measure until the animal settles or would this have to be permanemt.
also is tight netting sufficient as this would be less ugly.



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All the time. You never know when they will want to find a new spot. Tight netting should work. I use black pantyhose.


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[killerbubbles]

sexy


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yeah, it kinda freaks my wife out when i ask for her pantyhose.