acclimating

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by starfish2217, May 14, 2011.

to remove this notice and enjoy 3reef content with less ads. 3reef membership is free.

  1. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2010
    Messages:
    2,089
    So I want to move some corals and fish over into my 40 gal breeder, what is the best way to do this so I can acclimate them correctly... im going to be moving over two med size rocks with some polyps and one small rock with an Acan coral on it. what is the best way to acclimate those.
     
  2. Click Here!

  3. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2010
    Messages:
    2,089
  4. mikejrice

    mikejrice 3reef Affiliate

    Joined:
    May 24, 2009
    Messages:
    5,926
    Location:
    Colorado
    Is there any salinity difference?
     
  5. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2010
    Messages:
    2,089
    Yes :( I have been trying to raise it to make them equal but its been going slow.
     
  6. mikejrice

    mikejrice 3reef Affiliate

    Joined:
    May 24, 2009
    Messages:
    5,926
    Location:
    Colorado
    Ok, I don't know why I even asked that. My mind was on fish. I would just move them over. At the shop I work at we don't do any kind of acclimation on the corals we get in. We dip them and plop them in the tank. I'm yet to see any negative effects...
     
  7. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2010
    Messages:
    2,089
    should I just do the fish in a little baggie then?
     
  8. Click Here!

  9. mikejrice

    mikejrice 3reef Affiliate

    Joined:
    May 24, 2009
    Messages:
    5,926
    Location:
    Colorado
    If they are going down as far as salinity I would just float them for about 15 minutes then drop them in. If they are going up in salinity they will need to be dripped.
     
  10. starfish2217

    starfish2217 Horrid Stonefish

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2010
    Messages:
    2,089
    They are going down. so thats good. Its about about 1.024 It should all be okay then thanks :)