Coral Acclimation

[bootz]

When acclimating corals do you turn off your lights? thanks

 

[Ewatson249]

Yep. Less stress in my opinion. Plus I float them in the bag so it avoids them getting too hot and also keeps them small so they don't damage themselves.

 

[carey]

I temp acclimate mine until the water is the same temperature in the bag adn then either dip the corals or put them right in. depending on the time I get home with the purchase I will generally leave the lights on. Most corals will open a bit at least.

 

[bootz]

thanks guys i ordered them offline and it was recommended by the seller to turn the lights off.

 

[bootz]

i just received the frag but i had to drive to the fedex to do so b.c they had a royal screw up. I have a problem though the coral is detached from the ceramic frag can i use a dab of aquarium safe silicon to put it back on the plug?

 

[Ricksreef]

i just received the frag but i had to drive to the fedex to do so b.c they had a royal screw up. I have a problem though the coral is detached from the ceramic frag can i use a dab of aquarium safe silicon to put it back on the plug?

Super glue gel works great and dries right away.

 

[joy13]

Super glue won't work on mushrooms or ricordia very well. Don't use aquarium silicon.

To acclimate I float the bag for about 20 minutes. then I dip win flatworm x, rinse with tank water, then I use a magnifying glass to check for anything that I might not want in my tank. and then depending on the coral I use and Iodine dip followed up by a good rinse from more tank water. You want to make sure there are no pest that get in your display tank.

 

[Greenturtle]

Learned about super glue + mushrooms the hard way. Let's just say that there is probably a thriving population on blue mushrooms in the back of my tank.

 

[bootz]

Update: after rummaging through some stuff i remembered i had some puddy similar to that of marineland after a little research i found it was reef safe! i actually lucked out for once lol.