acclimatize coral?

[jostafew]

I always acclimate, and treat corals as I would any other inverts. Slow drip for an hour, remove excess water, fast drip for a half hour, again remove excess water, another half hour fast drip. During this time I'm watching temp of the bucket(s) that are acclimating and making sure that it matches that of the QT tank they're headed for. Then when temp is right it's a dip and into QT.

That being said I know guys who just float the bag and plop the frags straight into the DT. It wouldn't be my reccomendation but as you'll see in this thread many people have success with that method.

[Haloreef]

I have never acclimated an SPS coral. I soak them in a container containing whatever water was in the bag and enough water out of the display to equal a gallon and them add Coral RX at a little over the recomended dose and let soak for 15 minutes or so. I have forgotten corals for almost as long as a half hour and they have survived.
I then remove from the dip, rinse with tank water, and put them some where that the slime gets carried away by the current, and then put them in the place I have selectrd and keep an eye on them for the next week or so.
Works for me.
I figure that what ever my tank levels are at, they have to be better than the dip.
Keith.

[Myka]

All corals get a dip or two depending what they are, then they are placed into the tank. No acclimation. I've lost the odd frag here n there, but they were usually lookin like crap to begin with.

[dreef]

All montis and sps just get the dip..and dump,never lost one.

[Lance]

I dip and acclimate to temp and salinity. Surprising sometimes to see the bad guys that fall off during a dip.

[fishytime]

dip whilst temperature float, then in the tank for all of the coral Ive ever bought.....no real issues I can speak of.....sometimes corals move well.....sometimes they dont.....