Do you all drip acclimate your acros? Ive always dripped all of my corals but ive heard some say its unnecessary and just stresses them out more. Im starting to rethink dripping. But this new batch of acro (40 min drive) came with a 0.005 salinity difference. So my question is at what salinity...
Two suppliers I've used recently explicitly warned *not* to drip acclimate - biota and reefcleaners.
I've always been a little skeptical that fish are so sensitive to salinity changes. A popular treatment for flukes is the "freshwater dip" where we drop a sick fish from normal salinity...
Any tips or suggestions to acclimate a fish from the divers den? Or is it just like any other fish I’ve ever purchased?
1,) float the bag for temp (15mins or so)
2,) Open the bag add a small cup of tank water to off
3,) Then drip acclimate for 30-60 mins or until the salinity is the same.
I’ve...
I bought my first marine fish yesterday, a beautiful pair of ocellaris clowns! One yellow and one a picture perfect Nemo orange. I’d had plenty of freshwater fish in the past, but this being my first marine fish... needless to say I was nervous. I didn’t have a container to drip acclimate them...