acclimate new acropora !

[wentreefgirl]

Yes you can. I use providone iodine from walmart. Couple of drops in the acclimation pot. I pour contents of bag into a large bowl. Add the iodine. And then drip acclimate. Turn the flashlight on the specimen while acclimating to look for other signs. I dont use interceptor for the dip because to be effective you have to keep it in for 6 hours otherwise it would be like not using at all. I look for the buggers as well as nudi and aefw eggs. I acclimate over a 1 hour period and then place at bottom tank close to the front where i can use the handy dandy mesoscope to make sure there isnt anything i missed.

 

[wentreefgirl]

I do keep interceptor, fluke tabs and prazipro just in case i see something.

 

[flyyyguy]

for those of you advocating drip acclimation.

fyi- once you open the bag it offgases the co2, the ph rises and at that point any ammonia becomes toxic. this is of course more or less imprtant depending on the condition of the water in the bags, but the only time drip acclimation makes any sense whatsoever IMO is if the salinity of the water in the bag is signifigantly less than your tank water, and even then I think a longer slime acclimation will work just fine

otherwise, get those poor animals out of that dirty water immediately after floating to temp

 

[bobbet43]

thats the first i've heard of offgasing co2, ph rising and ammonia becoming toxic. can you piont us in the direction where to find out more about this? sounds interesting

 

[SecretAgentMan]

I work at a LFS, and this may suprise some of you but when we get 100 Acro colonies in we dont have the time to acclimate each one. I just unbag them and place them in the frag/SPS tank, no acclimation, and our survival rate is pretty good (~90%)

 

[SecretAgentMan]

I work at a LFS, and this may suprise some of you but when we get 100 Acro colonies in we dont have the time to acclimate each one. I just unbag them and place them in the frag/SPS tank, no acclimation, and our survival rate is pretty good (~90%).

-SAM

 

[juan bueno]

that is what most if not all lfs do.

 

[reefturkey]

I float for about 10-15 minutes to get the temp stable. I add about the equivalent of half of the bag's water from my tank and let it sit for 15 minutes. Then I dump all the water into a bucket. Add flatworm exit and seachems reefdip. I let them soak in there for another 10 minutes and then I place them in the display on the bottom for a few days so they acclimate to my light then move them up. Has worked for me without a flaw

 

[ycnibrc]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11393962#post11393962 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SecretAgentMan
I work at a LFS, and this may suprise some of you but when we get 100 Acro colonies in we dont have the time to acclimate each one. I just unbag them and place them in the frag/SPS tank, no acclimation, and our survival rate is pretty good (~~90%).

-SAM

Hmmm...now I wonder where do we get red bug and monti nudis from?

Dipping coral is to get rid of those pests have nothing to do with survival rate of the coral. At the LFS you do not have time to do it but when the reefer bought the coral home it's foolish not dipping the corals unless you want to have some fun killing the monti nudis and red bug in your main tank.

 

[OnceTrueFalseBr]

I float mine in the bag for 10 minutes or so, then drop it in. Haven't lost one this way either. Some people also hold the coral in the air for a minute or two to get it to slime up. Then when it goes in the tank the slime supposedly shields the coral until it dissipates (sort of an in-tank acclimation).

how long does the slime last for?

 

[knukles55]

I work at a LFS, and this may suprise some of you but when we get 100 Acro colonies in we dont have the time to acclimate each one. I just unbag them and place them in the frag/SPS tank, no acclimation, and our survival rate is pretty good (~90%).

-SAM

paintS target on his back

 

[EddieC]

I float for temp, dip and leave out for a few minutes so it slimes up and put in. Never had a problem with them.

 

[Bpb]

Bayer dip in source water at 10ml:2cups for 10-15 minutes. Rinse well in my tank water. Straight in they go. No temp or salinity acclimation ever.

 

[sahin]

Bayer dip in source water at 10ml:2cups for 10-15 minutes. Rinse well in my tank water. Straight in they go. No temp or salinity acclimation ever.

+1 except I use revive. No acclimation etc.

 

[Jettareefer]

Inspect/dip/mount never had a problem