making plans on transfering corals need help

[divedeep1689]

Hey guys i will be transfering corals to the 125 soon from the 55 some pieces i can bag and float in the tank but a few peices are way to big to be bagged like a big arch that has polyps and xenia growing on it i cant bag it..... wat can i do? Drip method?

 

[ezy33]

You could use a 5 gallon bucket like, the one aquarium salt comes in. Or a ice chest.

 

[divedeep1689]

cool so drip test?

 

[thincat]

Not to worry. All you have to do is make sure that the two Tanks are very close together as far as temp., SG and PH.

 

[AMDPhenomX4]

Adding to what thincat said. At a Reefers conference, one of the speakers talked about coral acclimation saying corals arent advanced enough to be stressed by the water change. He puts his corals right in fine.

 

[divedeep1689]

lol so your sayin i could just take corals out of 55 and place in 125??? wow i think i will still do drip method it may be at a face drip.

 

[AMDPhenomX4]

It worked on my xenia, zoas, as well as a frogspawn.

 

[divedeep1689]

cool LOL

 

[crb530]

its funny i never aclamate my corals the one time i did with a frog spawn it died so i never do it any more the frog spawn was expensive so i did

 

[dannyb]

I never aclamate mine either, Just straight in. never had any die, And they all seem to be growing to quick.

EDIT: I actually did aclamate my anemone, Over 20 mins, I added one cup of my water every 5 mins. He seems to be doing very good.

 

[IAmDaryl]

Just last week I transferred from my 45 to my 75. I did all I could to insure that the temps and pH were compatible. I even cut my Colt Coral in three pieces as I tranferred it; but then again Colts are pretty hardy.

One thing I did do was to transfer in some of my mushrooms and observed their behavior. The seemed to acclimate just fine so I transferred everything else:
2 Toadstool Leathers (I also separated them at the truck)
Colony of polyps
Colony of Mushroom
Everything appears to be thriving!
Good Luck.

 

[melosu58]

On my corals I just float the bag and then put them on in. Never had a problem before.

 

[crb530]

I never aclamate mine either, Just straight in. never had any die, And they all seem to be growing to quick.

EDIT: I actually did aclamate my anemone, Over 20 mins, I added one cup of my water every 5 mins. He seems to be doing very good.

Anemones are different the inverts have a very complicated vascular system and much be aclamated or they will die

 

[divedeep1689]

alrighty then lol looks like this transfer will be easier than expected lol