How do you acclimate new Corals? (NOT lighting)

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Just wondering how you all acclimated your new corals, not fish. We'll do another thread for that topic.

Anyway when I first started I always drip acclimated everything, but as I got more experienced I seem to do less and usually just do a temp acclimation and plop it in!

How bout You?

 

[lReef lKeeper]

same as you ... temp float and PLOP !! i do ... on more expensive pieces ... check the salinity though.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I have been guilty of checking salinity as well. Like this last Red Plate I got, I checked the salinity.

 

[Azurel]

I do temp only mostly, but sometimes depending on the piece or if I buy it local I will drip acclimate....Like this rock of yumas I got local I drip acclimated just because yumas tend to be so sensitive.....

 

[detguy123]

i just temp acclimate and dip them and drop them in..agree on the salinity.i do check that too

 

[143gadgets]

Temp, Dip, Drop.

AKA.... TDD

 

[Teeka]

Boy do I feel like I am over doing it. I do they full treatment. float, 30 minutes of adding a small amount of water every 5 min. and dipping.

 

[Russellaqua]

I drip acclimate everything I get in from my wholesalers to make sure they adjust well to my holding tanks and to keep them in the best condition for customers. I have been known to just drop in personal pieces though. Most don't require anything.

 

[EliteReefs]

the onyl time i do anything is if i paid alot for the coral i do it just to make myself feel better. for the most poart though i just dump it in. i find that corals are ALOT tuffer then some people make them out to be. If you got the coral from a good source chances are your tank condition are very close to the source and wont have much of a effect if any on the coral other then maybe taking a bit longer to fully open. the longer i am in this business the more i realize how tuff these things really are if you have a proper set up

with that said however i would never instruct a customer to follow this practice due to the risk involved.

 

[Russellaqua]

the onyl time i do anything is if i paid alot for the coral i do it just to make myself feel better. for the most poart though i just dump it in. i find that corals are ALOT tuffer then some people make them out to be. If you got the coral from a good source chances are your tank condition are very close to the source and wont have much of a effect if any on the coral other then maybe taking a bit longer to fully open. the longer i am in this business the more i realize how tuff these things really are if you have a proper set up

with that said however i would never instruct a customer to follow this practice due to the risk involved.

Definitely. Figure most of these things are photosynthetic, haven't seen light for about a day, and have been sitting in a bag of their own waste. They're pretty darn tough. But yeah, I'd never tell a customer to just drop it in either. I do find that SPS and tough shippers like Rhodactis mushrooms certainly benefit from a good acclimation.

 

[lReef lKeeper]

dipping ... i knew i forgot something !! i dip EVERY acro in an interceptor bath before they hit my DT.

 

[jc5205]

Treat, check for bugs, in the frag tank until I know its clean.

 

[J. Montgomery]

When I get new frags (all from locals) I float the bag to equilibrate the temperature. Then I dip them in TMPCC before putting them in the tank.

 

[gflat65]

I float in some cycled water for temp acclimationm, then dump them in with a heater and ph and some Interceptor. The next day (after work) I pull them from the INterceptor bath and put them in more cycled water from the same tank (after breaking them off the bases). Depending on what it is, it gets a TMPCC dip before going into the final QT tank right then (day two). Otherwise, it'll sit in a makeshift 10 gallon until it looks like another dip won't hurt it (getting water changes as needed from the display). Single pieces are a little easier to do since I can look them over better before going cross eyed. They all usually get a pretty harsh treatment with the dips right after shipping, but I'm paranoid. If it looks stressed, I give it a few days to start looking better before doing the above and putting it in with other QT'd corals. Paranoia. Big destroya.

 

[bamachamp92]

i only worry about temp because im going to dip them after they are the right temp and if its zoos theres no need to check salinity because i freshwater dip every zoo that goes into my tank

 

[FateX8]

i do temp and plop
no dips or anything, maybe i should start dipping again though
when i look at my tank now all i see is green...and if something happens, its not gunna be fun!

 

[ZOABOY]

Float, temp, water then drop...

 

[KEEPERZ]

add water a little at a time from a cup, let coral acclimate for an hour, 6hr interceptor dip, 10 min fluke tab dip,wash off with tank water then mount.

 

[BibleSue]

I float, dip if necessary depending what it is, let it slime a bit & in it goes.

 

[fly guy]

float to temp......then appropriate dips for whatever corals they are and then into qt for a couple of weeks.

The only time I will do more than temp acclimation is if the sg is more than 3 points lower in the water they are coming from...which hasnt happened in a while...