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04-18-2008, 04:57 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Orlando,Fl.
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 |  How do you acclimate your fish?
How do you do it?
The drip method?
The float bag method?
The just toss them in their method?
Or a combonation?
Just wondering how some people do it.i know i do a lil of all.
please explain how you do it. | 
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04-18-2008, 05:04 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Beverly Hills, MI Age: 17
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depends on what it is and how expensive it is, snails/expensive fish drip, non-expensive fish/corals float, and inverts i just toss in | |
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04-18-2008, 05:09 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Float for a 1/2 hour, then I put a 1 inch slit in the bag below the water line and let it sit for another 1 to 2 hours then put whatever it is in.... | |
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04-18-2008, 06:04 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maine
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Originally Posted by baugherb  Float for a 1/2 hour, then I put a 1 inch slit in the bag below the water line and let it sit for another 1 to 2 hours then put whatever it is in.... | newbie Q. If you slit the bag and there is any copper in the water from the lfs ,won't it harm your reef tank? | |
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04-18-2008, 06:16 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Put bag in water for 20 min to get temp correct. Then I add 1/4 cup of water every 15 to 20 min for about 2 hours. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
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04-18-2008, 06:20 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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I guess it could, I've done it this way for about 2 years... And have had good luck so far..... | |
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04-18-2008, 06:22 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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I have also done it the way Otty does too... Either way worked great for me.... | |
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04-18-2008, 06:50 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dayton, Ohio
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I also do it the way Otty said, though after a half hour I start removing a 1/4 cup for every one I add. | |
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04-18-2008, 08:50 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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drip | |
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04-19-2008, 06:08 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Orlando,Fl.
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I float the bag(usually when i do a water change because thats when i usually buy something new) then i open it up and pour some water into the bag and keep floating it. do this a couple more times then i just open the bag and let it float then it sinks then wait 5 mins and let whatever i got out. | |
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