Acclimation

[Kryptic4L]

i lost so much stuff doing it the slow and steady way. I finally said f-it.

Now its toss bag in, when i remeber that i have something floating i go back open it toss in some "prime" plus some tank water. wait a few and chuck him in.


When doing some research on why i was losing so much crap right from the store, Apparently the theory goes, bag water is dirty once the bag is open it gets toxic fast. thus the prime.

most store water is 0.21 from what i have seen, My water is 0.24 thus the short transitional phase.

Fish have been going in the tank on my last few purchases better then any i have had in the past they seem to skip that getting comfy stage and seem to have some pep in their step.

[JmeJReefer]

+1 on simple method. No losses to date. Even did a move where temp fluctuated retardedly and still no losses. Pure luck I suppose....

[stephengammage]

All i do is float the bag after 10 min add 1 shot of water wait 5 min add another cup wait 5 add to tank. This eliminated losses to my more sensitive corals

[Proteus]

I check the salinity of store water and depending on the fish.
Most ofthe time its a float the bag but if salts off ill drip

[wreck]

float the bag dump fish into net and then into tank.

[newbie2]

I don't so much as drip as just pour a cup of tank water into the bag after floating for 10 min then float for another five.

me too

[Foxface]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

I'm one of the guilty ones.
Float bag in sump 10 mins.
Take item out of bag and put in tank.
When I started out I did the drip acclimation. Never lost anything. The last 5 years or so I've just been floating and haven't lost anything that way either. Call it luck, laziness or just plain cocky. There never seems to be enough time in the day nowadays and I've pretty much stopped stressing and worrying about my tank.

+1

[Coral Hoarder]

fish get bag in the tank and about 30 mins ading water
corals get diped then chucked in
inverts get the same a s fish

[spit.fire]

depends on what im putting in my tank

fish i float until temp is the same, dump them into a net to strain the water out and throw em in the tank

same general idea with corals

for more sensitive stuff like clams and starfish and stuff i just syphon into a container with an airline hose with a valve on it till the bucket is full (approx 2g container)

[mark]

Originally Posted by stephengammage

All i do is float the bag after 10 min add 1 shot of water wait 5 min add another cup wait 5 add to tank. This eliminated losses to my more sensitive corals

+1