How Do You Acclimate Your New Polyps?

[Wy Renegade]

Recently saw a thread on another forum, in which a seller was recommending slow acclimation of polyps. I haven't heard anyone recommend slow acclimation in forever, so it made me curious as to how you all acclimate your new arrivals.

Personally 30 second acclimation is what I use for my new arrivals. After floating the bag in my sump for awhile with the lights off to temperature acclimate the polyps, I remove the polyps from the bag, hold them in my hand in the air for a slow count of 30, than dip into a cup of my tank water with 2 drops of iodine, swish around, rinse in another container of clean water from my tank and then pop them into my tank.

Please post up your acclimation method.

 

[sleeper]

Pretty much the same here, I temp acclimate and dip, then just put em right in, They have all done just fine.

 

[mr_X]

dip them for 15 in revive, then rinse in tank water, then add to tank.

 

[subielover]

I dip in revive for a few minutes, then carefully inspect for any pests. Then it goes on the frag rack.

 

[650-IS350]

float the bag in the tank for 10-15mins, to temp acclimate
get water from the main tank, for use for dip in a separte container with use with CoralRx, Revive, Lugols, TMPCC mixed with FWE ( for nudis ) dip for how ever your accustomed to.
rinse
place in the sandbed/bottom of tank to accclimate to lighting. Good to strong flow but NON-Direct or directly battering the polyps.

slowly move up several inches at a time .

 

[agent462]

For most things:
float for 30 minutes
Dip in Revive
Inspect
In the tank

For anything that looks really stressed or chalices I:
float for 30 minutes
Drip acclimate from tank water
Dip in Revive
Inspect
In the tank

 

[Friday Night]

Open bag
CoralRx dip n shake
RO quick dip n shake
Put in.

 

[ddwbeagles]

The great "lazy man's" or bulk acclimation method. Don't know what they are called, but when you go to your LFS and they put that little plastic box on the rim or their tanks to place your purchase in before bagging it. I use those with two very small holes in each side and place them inside the tank. That way I can place the frags in the plastic box thingie and allow for some slow water chemisty equalization while temps are adjusting. Then, an a few hours later, I go back to the tank and place them. Awesome and super easy way to acclimate corals or fish. AND...a whole lot easier, safer and requires less attention than the drip method.

 

[ReeferRob]

float the bag in the tank for 10-15mins, to temp acclimate
get water from the main tank, for use for dip in a separte container with use with CoralRx, Revive, Lugols, TMPCC mixed with FWE ( for nudis ) dip for how ever your accustomed to.
rinse
place in the sandbed/bottom of tank to accclimate to lighting. Good to strong flow but NON-Direct or directly battering the polyps.

slowly move up several inches at a time .

Do you mix all those things together for one crazy dip or do you use each one differently?

 

[650-IS350]

In regard to CoralRx, Revive, Lugols, TMPCC , I was saying using either one of those products mixed with some FWE for nudis, some I've heard of adding some interceptor as well. ( never tried that part )

 

[yellojello]

The great "lazy man's" or bulk acclimation method. Don't know what they are called, but when you go to your LFS and they put that little plastic box on the rim or their tanks to place your purchase in before bagging it. I use those with two very small holes in each side and place them inside the tank. That way I can place the frags in the plastic box thingie and allow for some slow water chemisty equalization while temps are adjusting. Then, an a few hours later, I go back to the tank and place them. Awesome and super easy way to acclimate corals or fish. AND...a whole lot easier, safer and requires less attention than the drip method.

Doesn't this put the LFS water (or water whereever you got it from) into your tank? I heard you should always avoid adding unknown water into your tank. But if it works, it works.

 

[ReeferBen]

I float the bag in my tank for 15 min, then tear a hole in the bag and dump a cap-full of revive in the bag. Shake the bag a bit wait a couple minutes, take the coral out swish in a cup of tank water to rinse and put it in the tank.