Poll: How do you Acclimate your coral?

[Sea MunnKey]

Acroporas ... I do a couple drops of Coral ReVive, float the bag in main tank for at least 20 - 30 minutes, toss away the medicated water & place acclimated sps in tank. Other corals I hardly medicate as my lfs/private reliable supplier has already applied it prior. I just take it out of the bags and place it on my tank as temperature fluctuation won't kill them.
Brief air exposure won't kill the corals too!

 

[madweazl]

Float to temp acclimate, inspect, toss in tank.

 

[jsker]

I toss the bagged frags in to the sump to temp acclimate them., then un-bag them and into the display they go

 

[tankstudy]

I always dip and then quarantine for about 2-4 months. All of my tank crashes have been as a result of unwanted creatures. An infestation of spiders will wreck you before you even realize they are there. Nematodes that demolish your pod population will starve out your pod dependent fish. Even with a long quarantine, stuff still makes it thru.

Due to running in to so many pests, I've gotten a good grip on how to handle them. I'm not as panicked as I was when I first started the hobby though.

 

[sfin52]

I float, drip, dip then into display tank. Worked so far.

It’s even better when my lfs dips them while at the store. They are great they even qt my fish for me as well.

 

[Tuffyyyyy]

Holy smokes I'm actually in the majority for once.

 

[PAXpress]

I selected drip dip display, however I dont dip. I've never coral dipped except for when a particular coral looks to have issues. Probably dumb of me but its enough stress on the coral imo.

 

[PAXpress]

I do overkill, float for 20, drip for 30, dip for AT LEAST 20. One of my lfs have a flatworm problem so I dip longer when I get from that one. I’m paranoid lol

I do a really long drip of like 1 hour sometimes more. I'm overkill in that aspect too I guess.

 

[erk]

I have never dipped anything. I add some water from my tank a couple of times and in about 15 minutes, put it in.

This is my exact method as well. During the 15 minute period I check for any obvious pests and remove them if needed.

 

[BenitaSolo]

Funny I thought everyone dipped then put it into the display. So many different opinions.
Does such a short acclimation period really do anything? Can we expect the coral to adjust to the chemistry of the water in such a short period?
Why does it need to be slowly brought back up to the RIGHT temperature. Why doesn't it make sense to get it into the right temperature conditions immediately?

All questions I have- not arguments.

 

[sde1500]

Float for a very unspecific amount of time then in they go. Did half dozen corals and a rainbow bta the other day, all doing great.

 

[Mikedawg8898]

Funny I thought everyone dipped then put it into the display. So many different opinions.
Does such a short acclimation period really do anything? Can we expect the coral to adjust to the chemistry of the water in such a short period?
Why does it need to be slowly brought back up to the RIGHT temperature. Why doesn't it make sense to get it into the right temperature conditions immediately?

All questions I have- not arguments.

That was kind of my whole thought as well. I was asking myself the same question and figured I’d make a poll about it to see what everyone else did. There was an article on reefbuilders.com that sparked my interest by Jake Adams who stated they don’t need to be drip acclimated. Although he is a great source for information, that is only one person besides the quote he had in there from someone else. Therefore I figured, let’s see what everyone else does and learn from their experiences as well.

Here’s the reefbuilders link if anyone is interested. https://reefbuilders.com/2013/12/12/acclimating-corals-wrong-2/

 

[GoVols]

I drip acclimate when I can but if the bag is too nasty, then I float and set free.
Don't want an ammonium spike from ph rising in a nasty bag during the drip acclimation process ;Dead

 

[GoVols]

Holy smokes I'm actually in the majority for once.

Tuffyyyyy,
Ya'll be sure to drag them boys in the Peach bowl

 

[Richards_reef]

Float, drip, dip, rinse, inspect, scrape crush and smoosh any life on the coral that isn't the coral itself, dip, rinse, then if I'm satisfied into the display. I have way too much money invested to risk any more than I have to. I Currently don't have the room for a qt but will get one soon.

 

[GoVols]

Float, drip, dip, rinse, inspect, scrape crush and smoosh any life on the coral that isn't the coral itself, dip, rinse, then if I'm satisfied into the display.

Dang,
I thought we were talking about fish

For corals... same as @Richards_reef

 

[Tropical lionfish]

I normally float for 15-20 minutes and then directly into the display. Used to add a few ml of tank water slowly over an hour but I have noticed that for LPSs such as lobos, acans or acanthophyllias I tend to get to better success if put them in the tank before they start to inflate. Once the fleshy polyps expand I think the corals get more susceptible to wear /tear on their own skeletons. Easier to pick them up by the hard skeleton...

 

[Richards_reef]

Float, drip, dip, rinse, inspect, scrape crush and smoosh any life on the coral that isn't the coral itself, dip, rinse, then if I'm satisfied into the display. I have way too much money invested to risk any more than I have to. I Currently don't have the room for a qt but will get one soon.

Quoting my own post.
Even being over cautious and doing all these steps, I still get hitch hikers. Luckily I only have had a couple of pests, but I take care of them when I see them so they don't become a plague.

 

[A Toadstool Leather]

Can their be an option for temp acclimation and drip without dipping? I dont dip my corals but I do a 30 temp acclimation and 30 min drip.

 

[BigJohnny]

Float for temp, that's it. I don't consider dipping a form of acclimation, unless your tank is full of coral dip 24/7 ; )

Never lost a coral to acclimation, which have been primarily acropora. Drip acclimation for corals is not necessary ime, in fact i like to get them into my tank as fast as possible. Having said that, I've never bought a coral from a 12 dkh tank and put it in a 7 dkh tank. I could see that causing issues.