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10-16-2007, 05:59 AM
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I've noticed that when I've ordered frags and they come overnight in a little baggies, I've had more success (less mortality from shipping stress) when I've just taken them out and put them in the tank. Temperature, pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, whatever whatever, surely all hugely different, and yet they live better than when I do a slow drip over a matter of hours and have everything slowly temperature matched.
Now, having said that, there are things I'd still do a drip on. Clams, urchins, shrimp ... But corals ... yeah surprising but the slow drip doesn't really help them. Take them out of the cruddy water and put them in good water faster and they recover faster. I think the "smoke in the house" analogy is spot on. If the fresh air kills you then you were done for already.
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10-16-2007, 06:36 AM
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Congrats. on 8000 posts!
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10-16-2007, 06:44 AM
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Just think of it as a lifestyle.
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10-17-2007, 02:32 AM
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Some creatures will tolerate larger changes of certain parameters than others.
You had better know which and how much if your going to do a large change or run the risk of killing things. Marie...do you drip? and why? Essentially acclimating is a series of small water changes so as not to shock the creatures.
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10-17-2007, 03:14 AM
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Only when I have a cold and everyone can get there minds out of the gutter  Not saying everyone should do as I do (in fact you probably shouldn't) but the only animals I ever acclimate are shrimp and thats because I didn't once and the poor things were dead within a week. Everything else fish, urchin, crabs and corals all get dumped in as soon as the temps reach equilibrium and I have never lost anything.For snails, I tried R. Shimeks method of taking them out of the bag letting them dry for 20 min and then placing them in such a way that they find there own way down to the water...it worked wonderfully 
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10-17-2007, 03:25 AM
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And for every one who ships corals I've been trying an experiment dry shipping monti digitatas. I wrapped the montis in a J-cloth soaked in tank water, placed in a bag and filled with air. I sent it to Anthony by overnight and they made it to his place alive.
Next i'm going to try a piece of my stag but I think I'll wait until the weather warms up
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do I ever need to get a life!!
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