Your Acclimation Procedures

[Rikko]

I drip from my tank into a Brita jug with the fish/store water. Once it's about 75% "my" water, I scoop the fish in.
For corals, I do nothing fancy. I used to drip and it made little difference. Some of the old hands at reefs.org shared their own rule of thumb that I've been following - just take the coral out of the bag and expose it to air for a few seconds until it slimes up (a defensive reaction, I guess). Then place it in the tank - the slime layer will protect it from shock to a change in salinity/pH as it gradually sheds the mucus.

[GrimReefer]

Originally Posted by Rikko

Some of the old hands at reefs.org shared their own rule of thumb that I've been following - just take the coral out of the bag and expose it to air for a few seconds until it slimes up (a defensive reaction, I guess). Then place it in the tank - the slime layer will protect it from shock to a change in salinity/pH as it gradually sheds the mucus.

wow. what corals have you tried this with?

[Moogled]

Float it for about 20 minutes, do my own thing, come back, pour a bit of water into the bag, do my thing, pour a bit more, and then ultimately let the fish out.

EZ.

[smellsfishy]

so how do i get one of those fabulously constructed "acclimator 5000's" i thjink there neatooh.

[StirCrazy]

hmm.. for fish all I do is float the bag, add a bit of water to the bag here and there for a bit then drain it out over the sink into a plastic strainer then dump the fish in the watter. Snails and crabs I don't anymore and I have beeter survival rates than when I did.

Steve

[Kabong]

Originally Posted by smellsfishy

so how do i get one of those fabulously constructed "acclimator 5000's" i thjink there neatooh.

Really all you need is maybe $15 worth of parts.
1 multiple way ganged valve (any pet store will have them)
airline tubing 1 foot for the intake then about 3 feet for each output,
If you really want to be cheap i believe you can pick this up at home depot.
1 bag of straws. now this may be tricky i just happened to have some with the perfect diameter to slide tightly over the tubing.

Attach a one foot piece of hose to the input on the valve,
Wrap it up and over into the tank using one of the hose holders on the valve.
The other hoses go on the output's.
You can run 4 at a time or one doesn't matter.
when doing multiple buckets you only need to start the siphon on the first hose the others will start automatically.
Use the dial on the valve to adjust your drip rate.

[KrazyKuch]

Originally Posted by Rikko

I drip from my tank into a Brita jug with the fish/store water. Once it's about 75% "my" water, I scoop the fish in.
For corals, I do nothing fancy. I used to drip and it made little difference. Some of the old hands at reefs.org shared their own rule of thumb that I've been following - just take the coral out of the bag and expose it to air for a few seconds until it slimes up (a defensive reaction, I guess). Then place it in the tank - the slime layer will protect it from shock to a change in salinity/pH as it gradually sheds the mucus.

Finnally someone who does it like me!!!

[Midknight]

Originally Posted by Rikko

I drip from my tank into a Brita jug with the fish/store water. Once it's about 75% "my" water, I scoop the fish in.
For corals, I do nothing fancy. I used to drip and it made little difference. Some of the old hands at reefs.org shared their own rule of thumb that I've been following - just take the coral out of the bag and expose it to air for a few seconds until it slimes up (a defensive reaction, I guess). Then place it in the tank - the slime layer will protect it from shock to a change in salinity/pH as it gradually sheds the mucus.

Sounds like a great way to do it.
Anybody some corals I can test with?