Acclimatizing a few things - questions

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

Not true. You can acclimate for too long as ammonia will build up with no where to go and temperature can slowly drop. Anything over 1 - 2 hrs is not necessary IME.

agree with ya on that one longer you are stressing out that live stock. i never float the bag i start dripping right away. at a drip every .5 of a second then i add a about 1-2 turkey baster full to the bag every 15 mins

[marie]

The only thing I acclimate are shrimp. Everything else including crabs get the temp equalized, then I remove from the bag and place in the tank

[fiorano]

Originally Posted by marie

The only thing I acclimate are shrimp. Everything else including crabs get the temp equalized, then I remove from the bag and place in the tank

Bingo. thats wat i do. i dont think i've ever lost livestock due to poor acclimatisation... dont think thats a word w/e haha... anyway longer than an hour seems a bit excessive