tank swap acclimation

tgoeujon · #1 02-21-2009, 03:57 PM

im going to do my swap over today but im not sure what needs to be done. temp and salinity are equal in both tanks, do i need to acclimate? ive been takin pics all through the build so ill start a thread soon. oh yeah i havent had any issues in awhile so if someone could remind me what causes red slime and how i get rid of it thatd be great

tgoeujon · #2 02-21-2009, 07:40 PM

tgoeujon · #3 02-21-2009, 07:48 PM

i should probably mention that the new tank has been running with a few fish for 3 months if that bit of info helps.

mark · #4 02-21-2009, 07:55 PM

when I moved fr my old to new tank I acclimatized and would do so again if moving, specially after experiences like this

tgoeujon · #5 02-21-2009, 07:58 PM

how do i acclimate big chunks of coral encrusted live rock?

Keri · #6 02-21-2009, 08:06 PM

When I moved my 65+27g tanks into the new 120 I drip acclimated the fish for about an hour, the inverts for 2 hours, the SPS not at all, the LPS with the inverts and softies got thrown in willy-nilly (along with straggler crabs and snails that I didn't find the first time around. ) I figure it doesn't hurt to be extra careful and the only thig I lost was a digi that had been looking terrible anyhow. My parameters were pretty close on all 3 tanks but I figure this accounts for differences we can't test for.

I didn't acclimate big chunks of rock, I didn't have the enwergy at that point!

Best of luck!