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[J4Life]

Okay I just picked up one of these from my LFS for a really good price. They informed me that it was a wild colony.

Just out of curiosity should I do anything different then my normal acclimation process for this SPS and are the A. tenuis pretty hardy corals?

Something else I noticed is that it has two commensal acro crabs living in it as well as some interesting feather dusters. Neither of which seem to bother the coral. I have some LPS that have commensal crabs living in them and no problems what so ever.

Any ideas or thoughts greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Bill

 

[trottman]

there are lps crabs?

sorry i dint answer your question

 

[J4Life]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7822243#post7822243 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by trottman
there are lps crabs?

sorry i dint answer your question

That's okay. Yes there are.:lol:

 

[crypticghost]

for future reference there is not need to acclimate corals, except for maybe floating them to bring them to temp.

 

[Sparkss]

I would have to agree with crypticghost on that one, although I am sure that others will disagree.

We used to do the full boat acclimation just like with fish. now we jsut acclimate the coral temperature by floating it (then do the TMPCC dip) and add them to the QT tank.

 

[crypticghost]

fish are really the only thing that needs to be acclimated...People have to keep in mind that corals especailly SPS can be exposed to air and out of water for hours...so going from one salinty to the other is not a big deal for it...same with snails, LPS, anemones...Other then that I do not worry... I have multiple corals that were not acclimated, my snails were not and my anemone was not and everything is thriving.

 

[Froggy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7822666#post7822666 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crypticghost
fish are really the only thing that needs to be acclimated...People have to keep in mind that corals especailly SPS can be exposed to air and out of water for hours...so going from one salinty to the other is not a big deal for it...same with snails, LPS, anemones...Other then that I do not worry... I have multiple corals that were not acclimated, my snails were not and my anemone was not and everything is thriving.

I have to TOTALLY disagree with this. Corals do need to be acclimated just as any other living thing that we put into our tanks. Some corals are more tolerant of changes and can withstand the imediate acclimation better than others but this should not be the practice. Yes SPS can and are exposed to open air in the wild and this can be done before placing them in the tank. Some people actually do this as part of the acclimation. SPS will slime to protect themself and this will also protect them against changes in water chemistry. Failing to acclimate corals can be very detrimental to their health.

Snails also really need to be acclimated as they are very sensitive to salinity changes. Snails are very good at self acclimating though if you dry them out and lower your tank water level and attach them to the exposed glass. The snails will slowly migrate into the water and acclimae at their own pace. Just taking them from bag water and dropping them into your tank without acclimation is a sure way to kill them if chemistry is different.

 

[J4Life]

Okay without getting into a debate over the practices of what is best or not for the generalized audience can anyone add insight about acclimating wild caught SPS verses cultured. The LFS suggested leaving my lights off completely for two plus days which in my opinion is nonsense since you cannot shut the sun off.

Typically over my years of experience I have just floated the bag and then added the coral and have had no issues. I attribute that to my water quality being in good condition.

What I am looking for is more specific information regarding this particular species especially since it is wild caught. Although truth be told it sits in the main display tank and I noticed polyps already extending out very well.

Thanks,
Bill