I just do not flat / temp acclimate anyhting other than some
freshwater stuff. I drip acclimate everything anymore, and it covers
the temp as well as water parameters requirement. easy to do and most
reliable method. I use cut off gal plastic jugs form fruit juice
(usually are a heavy duty clear plastic. I use drip IV setup.....to do
the drip thing, but regular air line from an aquarium will work with a
air valve installed in it to regulate flow....Others tie it in a knot
and pull knot tigher to regulate flow, but a air valve works so much
easier, and the IV drip set works best of all.........I can buy IV
drip sets at medical supply place here for a few bucks so they are
cheap to buy or I get them when I visit docs office etc, as its not
hard to talk them out of a few every now and then.....;-)

As for most corals I do not do anyhtng to them except place em on a
paper towel for a couple of minutes 1 to 3 at most, and allow them to
deflate, then place them in the tank, and whenthey re-inflate they
pump up with the tanks water and after a day or two usually all is
just fine with them.....

Snails and crabs and shrimp I acclimate for at least 45 minutes, most
times 45-60 minutes.......Also toolong of acclimation period for some
things can dothem more harm than not acclimating them at all...
Starfish and conchs are just two that I usually take at least 2+ hours
with....



On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:07:25 -0500, KurtG
wrote:

Add Homonym wrote:
For some of us (not me) 1.025 would be on the high side (I keep mine at
1.026'ish) And 2.5 hours is cartainly longer than a typical drip
acclimation. (you definitely can't just "bag float" these!)

Thanks! I didn't do that. I'm also at 1.026, so I'll need to be more
careful next time (which should be any day now).

I did finally drip acclimate my first fish. It was a blenny that
survived just fine, but it helped me to work out the kinks in the process.

Man, there's a lot to this hobby. I haven't done fish since grade
school and that was just black mollies. Good character building...

--Kurt



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!