acclimation

[Nicco0315]

am i suppose to use drip acclimation for sps and lps the same way i do fish? I know I am for anemones but a little confused about those. and if I am, do I do it after I glue them on the rock?

[Nicco0315]

by the way the new t5 lighting is on it's way with 2 24W True Actinic 03 T5 HO Fluorescent bulbs and 2 24W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent. thanks for the suggestions.

[crvz]

You can drip acclimate anything, it's a good generic way of acclimating.

[Nicco0315]

so do i glue corals first then acclimate when i get them or acclimate first then glue on lr?

[Fly Guy]

drip acclimation is not only unecessary...it can do more damage than good. the only time it makes sense is if the SG of the water the coral is in, is signifigantly lower than your tank. If the salinity is close to the same float to temp, take them out of the bag and let them slime up for a minute or two and then drop them in. (your treatment bucket of course)

One you open the bag it offgases the Co2 and any ammonia present at that time becomes toxic. So if you recieve a coral that looks like it is in especially nasty water and you choose to drip acclimate it, you are making the situation much worse than simply getting it out of the nasty water it shipped in asap.

as far as your gluing question........its best to put the corals in a piece of eggcrate or soemthing and let them get used to your tank before gluing...although if the frags look healthy enough I will usually glue them befoire putting in the tank

[Nicco0315]

Originally Posted by Fly Guy

drip acclimation is not only unecessary...it can do more damage than good. the only time it makes sense is if the SG of the water the coral is in, is signifigantly lower than your tank. If the salinity is close to the same float to temp, take them out of the bag and let them slime up for a minute or two and then drop them in. (your treatment bucket of course)

I am suppose to have a treatment bucket? What goes in a treatment bucket?

[Jnicho]

Originally Posted by Fly Guy

drip acclimation is not only unecessary...it can do more damage than good. the only time it makes sense is if the SG of the water the coral is in, is signifigantly lower than your tank. If the salinity is close to the same float to temp, take them out of the bag and let them slime up for a minute or two and then drop them in. (your treatment bucket of course)

One you open the bag it offgases the Co2 and any ammonia present at that time becomes toxic. So if you recieve a coral that looks like it is in especially nasty water and you choose to drip acclimate it, you are making the situation much worse than simply getting it out of the nasty water it shipped in asap.

as far as your gluing question........its best to put the corals in a piece of eggcrate or soemthing and let them get used to your tank before gluing...although if the frags look healthy enough I will usually glue them befoire putting in the tank

Agreed...Drip for nems, shrimp, snails, stars etc...for most corals temp acclimate for 20 mins or so, do a dip if you like, and then into the tank. Depending on the type of coral it may need days or even weeks of acclimation to lighting before you can place it where you want it. At least that's how I do it and it works good for me!

[Jnicho]

Originally Posted by Nicco0315

I am suppose to have a treatment bucket? What goes in a treatment bucket?

Some folks do a FW dip...others use Lugol's solution which is basically iodine. Do a search for Lugol's and you'll find lots of info...depending on the coral I don't always do a dip myself.

[Nicco0315]

ok.

[Hop]

I admit that I do take my SPS right out of the bag and into a small container where each one (if I ordered more than one) undergoes a TMPCC dip and a really good visual inspection. I have not got any interceptor yet... Then they go into the tank or QT. But obviously I'm just now really getting into SPS and began this routine from advice from fly and melev...

[Fly Guy]

Originally Posted by Nicco0315

I am suppose to have a treatment bucket? What goes in a treatment bucket?

sps

My dipping process takes about 1.5 hours. the first hour is a 20-50 x dose of interceptor and tank water and a small poerhead in a 5 gallon bucket. the interceptor is mixed up with a cup or two of near boiling ro/di water before being mixed in the tank water. this makes it much mroe soluble and it goes to work in ten minutes unstead of a couple of hours.

then I use TLF Coral Revive according to directions. when i used tmpcc(tropic marin pro coral cure.. i.E. iodine) it was the same(according to directions). the last 15 minutes is a close visual inspection of the water I have treated in and the corals themselves with a bright light and a magnifying glass. Sometimes I use my camera as well as I can blow up pics and see far more than my eyes with a magnifying glass can. this last step is the most important imo. killing the worms does you no good if you leave any eggs

Anything remotely questionable or unhealthy is cut off and discarded. If I find any worms I toss the entire frag. I have found aefw's on new arrivals twice in the last couple months

zoanthids- dip in coral revive according to directions, close visual inspection and into a QT tank

palythoa- close visual inspection and into QT tank. Palys can be fragile and by putting them through anything immediately after shipping can be touchy and i have found it simply isnt worth risking this for high end polyps

lps- dont know. I havent kept any since ive become so serious about not introducing pests to my displays although if i were to get any I would follow what I do to zoanthids

[Fly Guy]

Hop.....look into Coral Revive. its much less harsh on the corals as tmpcc and at least as effective.....more so some believe

I switched about a month ago

[Hop]

Originally Posted by Fly Guy

Hop.....look into Coral Revive. its much less harsh on the corals as tmpcc and at least as effective.....more so some believe

I switched about a month ago

I'll do that... You think it's good enough to 86 the rest of the TM? I'm holding off on corals until I get through this current algae issue though... But the last SPS order went well and they are growing like weeds!

[Fly Guy]

Originally Posted by Hop

I'll do that... You think it's good enough to 86 the rest of the TM?

yes I do. Its WAY less harsh on the coral

[Hop]

Originally Posted by Fly Guy

yes I do. Its WAY less harsh on the coral

Gotcha I'll look into it before I order some more frags...