Acclimating creatures

Corals and sea weed don't need any accclimation if there
is not much difference. While not all corals get exposed
at low tide, those that do experience drastic differences
in the enviromnent.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Wayne Sallee wrote on 1/28/2006 6:15 PM:
How much acclimation needed depends on the creature, and on how much of
a difference there is. If there is not much difference, then most things
don't need much acclimation.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Don Geddis wrote on 1/28/2006 4:37 PM:

Anyone know what kind of livestock _doesn't_ need to be carefully
acclimated?

I know about fish and even more so invertebrates. I was "trained" to
do a
careful 30-45 minute transfer of water from the new system to the holding
tank. Ideally via a slow drip, but in practice usually just by
pouring cups
of tank water into the holding system every 5-10 minutes. The idea is
to only
have slow changes in pH, salinity, and temperature, and to give the
livestock
a chance to adapt slowly.

But I was recently told that corals only need the temperature
acclimation.
Just float the bag in the tank water for 10 minutes so the temperature
comes
inline, then just plop the coral into the new tank without worrying about
salinity or pH changes.

And it was also suggested to me that macroalgae (caulerpa, etc.)
doesn't even
need that. Just toss the plants into the sal****er tank straight from
the bag.

Anyone have experience with either of these things? Do you not bother to
slowly acclimate corals or algae, but only fish and invertebrates?

-- Don
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