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05-03-2005, 12:37 PM
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Aquarium Advice FINatic
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The Acclinator (my ultimate acclimation solution) *PICS
Hello everyone, I am proud of this little invention so I thought I would post it on here. I got two acros from www.reefermadness.us today and apparently I qualified for a promotion and they sent me 4 nice acro frags and 1 bali aquacultured acro for free. Needless to say I got some major dripping to do! So here is my solution. I call it the "Acclinator"
1.) drip line secured in tank with an old mag float
2.) 4 way air line valve
3.) 4 drip lines that work at their own custom rates attached to the 4 way.
Its making its maiden acclimation right now and all appears to be going perfectly. I can now acclimate multiple bags while they float in the sump and don't have to worry about the lines coming to the surface and breaking suction. Also I can turn off as many of the lines as I want for acclimating less than 4 bags. So now im off to work, i'll drop the corals in the tank in about 5 hours when I get home and post some pics in New Aquistions.
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05-03-2005, 02:48 PM
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Neat Idea.
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05-03-2005, 02:54 PM
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Good idea with the gang valve - I'd forgotten all about those since my last FW tank.
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05-03-2005, 02:55 PM
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Great idea!! I'll be using it next time I acclimate!
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05-03-2005, 03:33 PM
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That is brilliant BriscO .. mind if we all "borrow" your idea next time??? 
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05-03-2005, 04:26 PM
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We should sell them on ebay but not tell anyone what they are!
Seriously though I just went home to check after about three hours of dripping and its going great. I get off work in an hour and a half and i'll drop em right in.
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Here's to swimmin with bowlegged women.
-105G SPS Reef with 30G Sump/Fuge Combo
-30G LTAnemonarium with mated porcelain crabs, 10 sexy shrimp, and 2 pink skunks all tied into the other 135G in my system.
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05-03-2005, 04:27 PM
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05-03-2005, 10:42 PM
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Well it made it through the maiden voyage. The corals got a good long drip and I splashed them about two hours ago. I will take some pics in the morning.
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Here's to swimmin with bowlegged women.
-105G SPS Reef with 30G Sump/Fuge Combo
-30G LTAnemonarium with mated porcelain crabs, 10 sexy shrimp, and 2 pink skunks all tied into the other 135G in my system.
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05-03-2005, 10:47 PM
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Kudos to you for a great idea. And no Ebay secret weapons either!! 
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05-04-2005, 11:08 AM
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Here is the post with pics of what I got in yesterday.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewto...=405215#405215
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Here's to swimmin with bowlegged women.
-105G SPS Reef with 30G Sump/Fuge Combo
-30G LTAnemonarium with mated porcelain crabs, 10 sexy shrimp, and 2 pink skunks all tied into the other 135G in my system.
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05-06-2005, 10:18 PM
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That is sure a cool idea. 
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04-18-2007, 11:03 PM
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That's a neat and very cheap drip acclimation idea. Well done. You've got me thinking too now. I've been seeking an inexpensive drip acclimation system for some time.
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04-19-2007, 08:29 AM
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I just have the sissy one I made with airline and a ball valve, but I need to go MULTIPLE stat! Very good idear--
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04-19-2007, 01:59 PM
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Nicely done!!! I thought of something like that but never messed with it...I think I will copy your design!! Thanks for sharing and those are some awesome looking frags!
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04-22-2007, 12:52 AM
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lol.. this thread was up top in DIY when I first joined 8O
And I remember that 8O
maybe it will hit ebay some day soon? J/ K
GL aclimating 
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05-10-2007, 03:14 AM
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that is a really good idea!! you could even hook a small, very small pump like for a desktop fountain to it and have a small rain effect constaly going in your tank lol
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