Online coral purchase

underwaterdan · Nov 30, 2015

So I have a lot of new corals coming from assorted online sales this weekend and I want to know how best to take them from shipping container to tank.
Float, drip,dip, rinse,display? That's my thought.
Is love in depth thought.and expirences .

kendavjac · Dec 1, 2015

that's what I do.

nervousmonkey · Dec 1, 2015

steve&mari · Dec 1, 2015

Corals I float do revive dip and rinse inspection then into tank. The water after shipping when exposed to air becomes toxic quickly. Many will avoid dripping to acclimate now days. Sps and fish/inverts are more sensitive to swings in ph and alk.

underwaterdan · Dec 1, 2015

Interesting. So skip the acclimation. I assumed the salinity is the same and I did hear something about ammonia build up with shipping fish, just didn't know the same happened with corals. Do you dip in their water first then yours or just discard the shipping water.