Acclimation

jaysonl29

jaysonl29

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Tommorow Im getting a Cleaner Clam, Orange Linckia Starfish, and a Lettuce Nudibranch and I wanted to know when acclimating you:
A.) Set bags on top of water and temp. acclimate for 30 min. then drip acclimate.
B.) Just drip acclimate.
C.) Just Set bags on top of water and temp. acclimate for 30 min. then put directly in tank.
D.) Something else (please explain if D)
sorry to sound like a teacher
....this would help alot....thanks....
 
mushroomss

mushroomss

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I would just float the bag and put them in.Drip acclimating really isent necessary.And just prolongs the time the animal is suffering in a bag.imo
 
mikegray

mikegray

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dripping them gets them used to the temp/PH/SALT i think having them used to ur salt level plays a important role. i believe correct me if im wrong.
 
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sudc

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Originally Posted by mushroomss
I would just float the bag and put them in.Drip acclimating really isent necessary.And just prolongs the time the animal is suffering in a bag.imo

Wow thats bad advise!!! Ophiura might put a hit out on you if she sees this!

You MOST DEFINITELY HAVE to drip a linkia starfish and for a LONG time, minimum 3-4 hours and i'd go with closer to 6 for a linkia. They are INCREDIBLY sensitive to changes in sg among other things and most die after a while because of poor acclimation!
Not sure how drip acclimating makes them "suffer". They are out of the bag in a bowl or bucket with much more room than they have in a bag being temp acclimated. I've literally NEVER lost anything that i have drip acclimated. I used to always lose fish overnight when i just temp acclimated
 
azfishgal

azfishgal

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I drip acclimate everything. Some longer depending on their needs. This also takes care of the temp, so no need to float.
 
dawman

dawman

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Originally Posted by mushroomss
I would just float the bag and put them in.Drip acclimating really isent necessary.And just prolongs the time the animal is suffering in a bag.imo


Do NOT take this advice as it can cause more stress and problems . Drip acclimating gets fish and corals slowly introduced to the change in ph , salinity , and other water levels that are not going to be the same . Floating and then just dumping the corals can shock them and cause more suffering and possibly not survive .
I use method A , but I float them for an hour for livestock that was delivered or I picked up a few hours away .
 
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essop3

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Originally Posted by mushroomss
I would just float the bag and put them in.Drip acclimating really isent necessary.And just prolongs the time the animal is suffering in a bag.imo

If you do not drimp acclimate the linkia it will die. Do it slowly over 4-5 hours.
 
scrappalooza

scrappalooza

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Originally Posted by SUDC
Wow thats bad advise!!! Ophiura might put a hit out on you if she sees this!

You MOST DEFINITELY HAVE to drip a linkia starfish and for a LONG time, minimum 3-4 hours and i'd go with closer to 6 for a linkia. They are INCREDIBLY sensitive to changes in sg among other things and most die after a while because of poor acclimation!
Not sure how drip acclimating makes them "suffer". They are out of the bag in a bowl or bucket with much more room than they have in a bag being temp acclimated. I've literally NEVER lost anything that i have drip acclimated. I used to always lose fish overnight when i just temp acclimated

Ok, i completely disagree. I got a linka fron here, and I didn't drip acclimate. He is doing great. His name is red, my 2 yr old thought that up. anyway, I floated the bag for 30 minutes, then added half a cup of DT water to the bag 2 times about 25 - 30 minutes apart. Then we put on gloves and I helped my daughter get him out of the bag. We held him in the water of the DT for about 10 minutes. Then I laid him on the sand. He was all over, till he found his spot. He still moves a lot, and he returns faithfully to "his filter" before lights out.
 
nigerbang

nigerbang

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Originally Posted by scrappalooza
Ok, i completely disagree. I got a linka fron here, and I didn't drip acclimate. He is doing great. His name is red, my 2 yr old thought that up. anyway, I floated the bag for 30 minutes, then added half a cup of DT water to the bag 2 times about 25 - 30 minutes apart. Then we put on gloves and I helped my daughter get him out of the bag. We held him in the water of the DT for about 10 minutes. Then I laid him on the sand. He was all over, till he found his spot. He still moves a lot, and he returns faithfully to "his filter" before lights out.

How long ago did you buy it??
Linka are super sensitive and require a well established tank with a rather large surface of LR to feed on...
 
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sudc

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Originally Posted by scrappalooza
Ok, i completely disagree. I got a linka fron here, and I didn't drip acclimate. He is doing great. His name is red, my 2 yr old thought that up. anyway, I floated the bag for 30 minutes, then added half a cup of DT water to the bag 2 times about 25 - 30 minutes apart. Then we put on gloves and I helped my daughter get him out of the bag. We held him in the water of the DT for about 10 minutes. Then I laid him on the sand. He was all over, till he found his spot. He still moves a lot, and he returns faithfully to "his filter" before lights out.
Again, your are just repeating HORRIBLE advise. It may have worked for you(i doubt it, see below) but even if it did that is 1 in 100. Not drip acclimating a linkia will almost guarantee that it does not survive long in your tank. Too advise people not to drip acclimate linkia's goes against what every expert says.
Ophiura is an expert on starfish and she has approximately 1 million posts on here saying exactly what i've said about linkia acclimation.
Also, in those 1 million posts, she says that anyone who acclimates the way you did, will most likely have a dead linkia within about 3 months

My purple linkia was drip acclimated for 6 hours and is doing great. I'll take bets whose lasts longer, mine or yours.
 
puffer32

puffer32

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I am really reading some bad advice here. You MUST drip acclaimate a linka star. And they also need a large ESTABLISHED tank with lots of LR to survive long term because that is their food source. Everyone who says they didn't acclaimate are in for a shock at some point down the road, you may see no ill effects yet cause it can take afew months for a linka to die from improper acclaimation, lack of food, or poor water quality. I stronly urge the poster to cancel the order if he/she can't meet all 3 of these requirements!
 
nigerbang

nigerbang

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Originally Posted by puffer32
I am really reading some bad advice here. You MUST drip acclaimate a linka star. And they also need a large ESTABLISHED tank with lots of LR to survive long term because that is their food source. Everyone who says they didn't acclaimate are in for a shock at some point down the road, you may see no ill effects yet cause it can take afew months for a linka to die from improper acclaimation, lack of food, or poor water quality. I stronly urge the poster to cancel the order if he/she can't meet all 3 of these requirements!
See thats what I said...
J/K
Really though...No one here is trying to cheat you out of anything...
 
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essop3

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Is this going into the 29g on your profile? If so you should find it another home. They require large (~125g) mature (~1year) tanks. They cannot be spot fed and slowly starve in smaller tanks.
 
jaysonl29

jaysonl29

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Well I acclimated the starfish for about 6hours and 30minutes....hes doing great....when acclimating he was moving around and such...I put him in the tank and hes climbing onto the glass...I do have a live/real rock that I got at a petstore do I need to go and get some kind of live food to put in the tank to call that rock home....also, when I was buying him, saltwaterfish.com always tells you if your tank has to be a perticular size to house that animal, well it didnt say so thats why I got him....because I thought he would be able to live in a healty 29g.....Ill be watching him in the next few days....but if the website left that he needs a big tank out....then Ill donate him to a good home
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sudc

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Not necessarily a big tank but ALOT of live rock. They get their food from "grazing" your established(1 year or more) Live rock. No food you put in the tank will feed it or help you out except more established live rock, ime.
If you dont have 100lbs which i assume you dont in a 29g, you REALLY should trade him to a lfs or a local reefer. You should be able to get most or all of your money back.
Where in Texas are you? I'll bet you have a local reef club that will help you out and be glad to make a trade
 
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