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Old 02-08-2013, 03:48 PM
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When healthy they move in spurts -- my burgundy linckia goes through days at a time of not moving at all, and then like it's late for the bus gets it's move on for hours or days... back and forth, very interesting creatures!

That said, as Neal mentioned -- how you acclimated him/(it) to the tank will greatly depend on how it's actually doing... Did you do a slow drip (say 2 hours)?

I like to compare PH & Salinity of the source water to my tank, and slowly drip (removing water as needed) until the parameters match as close as possible... I do this with all life I bring in, but with inverts I do it slower. (temperature should be matched first by floating the bag for say 10-15 minutes).


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Craig
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