First Acro. Acclimation question

Grigs · Mar 7, 2019

Since it is in acro, do I still put it on the sand bed at first to let it acclimate to my lights, or do I put it up high in high light and flow right out of the gates? Sorry for the noob question, but I would really like to make sure I get it right. Thanks!

It's a Cheap Date from the Jason Fox auction and I would LOVE it to do well...

Neo Jeo · Mar 7, 2019

It's a good question!

What I do and I have 15 sticks in my tank.

I dip them to kill pests. Then I ask what lights where they under. If they were up top with T5s and LEDs then I put it right up top. Why take it from high light and bring down to low light?

Some people will say put in sand bed and let adjust. But again I been successful with adding 15 frags

Grigs · Mar 7, 2019

Neo Jeo said:
It's a good question!

What I do and I have 15 sticks in my tank.

I dip them to kill pests. Then I ask what lights where they under. If they were up top with T5s and LEDs then I put it right up top. Why take it from high light and bring down to low light?

Some people will say put in sand bed and let adjust. But again I been successful with adding 15 frags

That's what I was thinking. I'd hate to starve it. Dip and shipping have to be plenty of stress in the first place. His site says High flow, high light. I know he uses T5 and LED's, which is what I'm using. Thx for the validation. : )

Trevor40 · Mar 7, 2019

Most of the time after dipping in bayer, I will place them where I feel they will do well. In some rare cases I have seen the tips get slightly burnt so I lower it in the tank to recover.

It all depends on how strong your lights are and which coral, and how much light they were under before.

Grigs · Mar 7, 2019

Was planning on dipping in Coral Revive. Too harsh?

KrisReef · Mar 7, 2019

What lights do you have?
LED folks start low to allow the coral time to acclimate to the new spectrum. I think T5 & MH are more forgiving for higher placement.
Either source, make sure it has good circulation and that any near by corals won’t reach out and stink the new one.
What do other folks say?

Grigs · Mar 7, 2019

I am running AP700's with the Aquatic Life hybrid. The AL has only been on 4 hrs/day from 1200-1600

madweazl · Mar 7, 2019

All of my acros go straight to the location I desire.

Aaron-A2 · Mar 7, 2019

Grigs said:
Was planning on dipping in Coral Revive. Too harsh?

Harsher than Bayer, that's for sure. Revive is less harsh than Coral RX imo. Avoid any kind of Iodine dip with acropora.

In terms of acclimation, my process...

Float for 20-30m
Drip for 1.5 hours~
Dip in Bayer for 10 min (20ml/cup tank water)
Rinse in equal parts tank water for 10 minutes
Repeat step 4 again
Place on frag rack in lower 3rd of tank for observation

I leave it on the frag rack for 1-2 weeks. At that point, I decide where I want to place it based on where it was in its original tank and what par brings out the best colors. I run a metal halide + LED fixture.

Neo Jeo · Mar 7, 2019

Grigs said:
Was planning on dipping in Coral Revive. Too harsh?

Coral revive by 2 little fishes? Thats just a cleaner. IT wont kill pests.

Grigs · Mar 7, 2019

Neo Jeo said:
Coral revive by 2 little fishes? Thats just a cleaner. IT wont kill pests.

ACK!!!! Holy cow.... Good to know. I thought that I was dipping when I was just washing?!?

MadTownFess · Mar 7, 2019

Neo Jeo said:
Coral revive by 2 little fishes? Thats just a cleaner. IT wont kill pests.

Thats 100% not true. It kills pests like any other cleaner.

Neo Jeo · Mar 7, 2019

MadTownFess said:
Thats 100% not true. It kills pests like any other cleaner.

I did a lot of reading on it. It will clean off infections very well and can knock off pests. The company says you can put the coral it in the tank right after dip. Other dips you have to rinse it off.

I have even used revive on a frag with flat worms. They swam for hours....

So IMO it's not effective at all.