How Many People Actualy Acclimat?
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jerthunter
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YES! Very very very necessary.
lion_crazz
Active Member
everyone on this website will tell you that they acclimate thier fish, 95% of them saying that they do a drip acclimation for at least an hour.
100% neccessary.
100% neccessary.
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reeffer
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Originally Posted by lion_crazz
everyone on this website will tell you that they acclimate thier fish, 95% of them saying that they do a drip acclimation for at least an hour.
100% neccessary.
enough said
everyone on this website will tell you that they acclimate thier fish, 95% of them saying that they do a drip acclimation for at least an hour.
100% neccessary.
enough said
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xrobbx03
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Originally Posted by wax32
I do at least an hour for fish and at least 2 hours for inverts, including corals.
yeah thats around what i do too sometimes more depending on the fish.. most of the time 2 hours for inverts
I do at least an hour for fish and at least 2 hours for inverts, including corals.
yeah thats around what i do too sometimes more depending on the fish.. most of the time 2 hours for inverts
tang lover
Member
When I first started SW I never acclimated my fish. And more than half of my fish would die until i started acclimating.
lion_crazz
Active Member
Originally Posted by KEEFFIE
So Do This The Way It Says In The Acclimation Tab?
yes.
So Do This The Way It Says In The Acclimation Tab?
yes.
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tizzo
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Fish definately... Most LFS keep a very low salinity in order to mask the ick disease. One around here is 20 ppm!!!
Corals, it really depends on the type. The only one I drip acclimated was my blue tort. That sucker was to expensive to be lazy.
Corals, it really depends on the type. The only one I drip acclimated was my blue tort. That sucker was to expensive to be lazy.
mikeyjer
Active Member
For me, I acclimate my fish. I acclimate shrimp and stars. I don't acclimate snails or crabs, only temperature acclimate, that's it! I haven't lost any! For Corals, depending on the type. I only temp acclimate all my corals that I have and they're thriving just fine. For certain corals that picky, that's another story.... :happyfish
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reeffer
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Originally Posted by Tizzo
Fish definately... Most LFS keep a very low salinity in order to mask the ick disease. One around here is 20 ppm!!!
Corals, it really depends on the type. The only one I drip acclimated was my blue tort. That sucker was to expensive to be lazy.
i never acclimate my corals and i just through my blue tort in yesterday :scared:
i never have had any die but i also only have about 10
this is a blue tort...i think that what they called it..it was $50 for this little frag, and my corals book looks just like it..
Fish definately... Most LFS keep a very low salinity in order to mask the ick disease. One around here is 20 ppm!!!
Corals, it really depends on the type. The only one I drip acclimated was my blue tort. That sucker was to expensive to be lazy.
i never acclimate my corals and i just through my blue tort in yesterday :scared:
i never have had any die but i also only have about 10
this is a blue tort...i think that what they called it..it was $50 for this little frag, and my corals book looks just like it..
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xoxox
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The drip and airstone method is by far the best, its actually fun to do..
- For the fish, corals are just floating bags...
- For the fish, corals are just floating bags...
mikeyjer
Active Member
Originally Posted by reeffer
i never acclimate my corals and i just through my blue tort in yesterday :scared:
i never have had any die but i also only have about 10
this is a blue tort...i think that what they called it..it was $50 for this little frag, and my corals book looks just like it..
Yea that's a blue tort, you paid too much for that little guy. I could pay $20 here for a frag of it about the same size. :happyfish
i never acclimate my corals and i just through my blue tort in yesterday :scared:
i never have had any die but i also only have about 10
this is a blue tort...i think that what they called it..it was $50 for this little frag, and my corals book looks just like it..
Yea that's a blue tort, you paid too much for that little guy. I could pay $20 here for a frag of it about the same size. :happyfish
merredeth
Active Member
Absolutely acclimate. Why spend all that money to end up having to flush or put in a compost?
While a lot of fish stores don't drip acclimate their new arrivals due to the amount of fish they have going into tanks all at once, they have a lot less to lose than the consumer does, as they are paying wholesale prices and we are paying their mark up.
Awhile back I started getting to know when my LFS was ordering and would buy the fish I wanted before he temperature acclimated them to his tanks.
Since my LFS gives me a pretty good guarantee and he knows my fish get drip acclimated he will still stand behind his guarantee even though they aren't in his QT tank and in mine.
By buying the things I want for the tank as they arrive, I get an additional savings too, as my LFS seems to like not having to do the work.
Just my 2¢ on the subject.
Denise M.
While a lot of fish stores don't drip acclimate their new arrivals due to the amount of fish they have going into tanks all at once, they have a lot less to lose than the consumer does, as they are paying wholesale prices and we are paying their mark up.
Awhile back I started getting to know when my LFS was ordering and would buy the fish I wanted before he temperature acclimated them to his tanks.
Since my LFS gives me a pretty good guarantee and he knows my fish get drip acclimated he will still stand behind his guarantee even though they aren't in his QT tank and in mine.
By buying the things I want for the tank as they arrive, I get an additional savings too, as my LFS seems to like not having to do the work.
Just my 2¢ on the subject.
Denise M.
