How long to drip/float acclimate your fish?

[Josett Waid]

Yes Marine velvet is very scary stuff. 20 years ago it was very rare, now unfortunately it has become more common place in the aquarium trade. Ich has changed significantly in the last 20 years too. All of the years of people's trying to beat them with different treatments, unsuccessully has resulted in some very nasty treatment resistant variations. Quarantine (with proper protocols) is the only insurance available. Happy reefing!

Yeah and at first starting out in this hobby we thought we trusted our LFS to just float and place the fish in the DT. Now after losing all the fish we just want to take precautions from now on and just place them in the QT tank for observation purposes and if they do show something then we would medicate for what ever they may have.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

One trick I learned recently from some experts is to put prime into the bag immediately upon opening Esp shipped fish. I'd recommend it to for small bags with large or large numbers of inverts. Also gorgonians. Likely other nps corals as well.

I'm lucky enough to be in so cal so my room temp is usually pretty close to tank temp all year.

I drip acclimate just because I've had no truly solid answers on the subject for approx 45 min and try to double the water volume in 30 for everything.
It man not need to be done but it's a routine I prefer to follow.
My experience and research on stony corals has led me to believe acclimation from low alk to high needs longer time. I've done that for better than an hour for paranoias sake
Hi alk to low is easy.

 

[Joey waid]

You guys see this is the issue, opinions very widely and others draw a line in sand and say it's fact. What are new people supposed to do or think when answers vary so much. There has to be a solid answer. I could say I throwed mine against the wall it bounced in and it lived so that's fact and it works.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

You guys see this is the issue, opinions very widely and others draw a line in sand and say it's fact. What are new people supposed to do or think when answers vary so much. There has to be a solid answer. I could say I throwed mine against the wall it bounced in and it lived so that's fact and it works.

Buy a book.
Don't take candy or advice from strangers.
Unless they wrote the book.

 

[Joey waid]

Books, directions and maps are for girls....

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Books, directions and maps are for girls....

I didn't say you had to read them.
Chicks dig books

 

[West1]

One trick I learned recently from some experts is to put prime into the bag immediately upon opening Esp shipped fish. I'd recommend it to for small bags with large or large numbers of inverts. Also gorgonians. Likely other nps corals as well.

I'm lucky enough to be in so cal so my room temp is usually pretty close to tank temp all year.

I drip acclimate just because I've had no truly solid answers on the subject for approx 45 min and try to double the water volume in 30 for everything.
It man not need to be done but it's a routine I prefer to follow.
My experience and research on stony corals has led me to believe acclimation from low alk to high needs longer time. I've done that for better than an hour for paranoias sake
Hi alk to low is easy.

Great info.
I noticed you said you live in SoCal. Do you run a chiller? I am 1/4 mile from the beach with no AC so I am curious if fellow neighboring reefers need one.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Great info.
I noticed you said you live in SoCal. Do you run a chiller? I am 1/4 mile from the beach with no AC so I am curious if fellow neighboring reefers need one.

No I don't. I have the usual so cal small house so my living room has a windw AC. And temp sensor
Usually it only has to run a couple months this year was hotter though. I also have D.C. Fans on the tank on a controller but ambient room temp stays abou 77 or so.

 

[Paul B]

PaulB suggests skipping the QT process. However, he only recommends that for very experienced reefers. I don't qualify. I have 2 QT tanks and don't even do ttm!

No, No, No, No. I didn't suggest anything like that. The original question was. How long do you acclimate. I answered what "I" do. Not what you should do. You should do whatever your fortune teller tells you what to do.

Buy a book.
Don't take candy or advice from strangers.
Unless they wrote the book.

I wrote a book. And there is a picture of a girl in it.

Books, directions and maps are for girls....

I like girls, (and directions) that's why I wrote a book.

I didn't say you had to read them.
Chicks dig books

I know. Again, thats why I wrote a book. (and comb my "hair" like this)

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

No, No, No, No. I didn't suggest anything like that. The original question was. How long do you acclimate. I answered what "I" do. Not what you should do. You should do whatever your fortune teller tells you what to do.



I wrote a book. And there is a picture of a girl in it.



I like girls, (and directions) that's why I wrote a book.



I know. Again, thats why I wrote a book. (and comb my "hair" like this)

Hahahahahaaaa.

 

[Jaag]

I agree to not dip inverts in freshwater.

If you do not have a qt what do you do to prevent unwanted things getting into your tank via inverts?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Which type of inverts, specifically?