How do you acclimate coral?

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Originally Posted by Frogger

Cuttings smaller than 1" seem to take forever to recover.

I agree with this. I try to sell larger cuts, even if I give more than I get. And I no longer buy 'nib' sized frags.
Besides recovery, smaller cuts seem to be much more prone to a quick death.

Jason, I'm very hard on corals. I temp acclimate for at least 20 mins with the bag open (in sump).
Then I go through a couple hours of water acclimation - drip or eye dropper - all while floating.
Next is a dip in CoralRX, or Revive, and sometimes even 1 followed by the other. And all the while being blasted with a powerhead and a turkey baster.
Finally, they get a rinse in fresh tank water, followed by an inspection with a magnifying glass.
If all looks good, and the dip water has nothing visible under a glass, they are glued to the LR.

I have some hardy corals in my DT as I've killed enough dipping to know what to stay away from ...

I have some in my tank right now that have encrusted and are fuzzy, but are still not sprouting after 1-1/2 years. Others from the same time have grown to the size of my fist and larger since.