Acclimating Acros

[Vanilla]

Getting my first shipment of acro frags tomorrow. How do you typically acclimate them to your tank?

I have a frag rack placed about midway down the glass getting decent flow. Was planning on sitting them there for a few weeks just to see how they do then glue them down.

 

[Red_Beard]

I dont. Temp acclimate, dip, and streight in.

 

[Hugster78]

Dip and put on a new plug.

 

[bradreef]

I would say to acclimate to lighting unless you know the lights and par they were previously under and can replicate. If you jump the light to so it can bleach the acro. I also say medium flow for most because they get used to flow as well.

 

[PotatoPig]

Start with low flow and low light.

Low = 70ish PAR unless you have confirmation from the seller the corals were acclimated to higher PAR.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I dont. Temp acclimate, dip, and streight in.

This is what I’ve done for all of my corals!

 

[PotatoPig]

Start with low flow and low light.

Low = 70ish PAR unless you have confirmation from the seller the corals were acclimated to higher PAR.

lol, sorry y’all, totally misread the thread title. Don’t do this.

 

[Vanilla]

I would say to acclimate to lighting unless you know the lights and par they were previously under and can replicate. If you jump the light to so it can bleach the acro. I also say medium flow for most because they get used to flow as well.

Ok thanks for the info. Most of the acros I picked up previously were doing well, just had one that is having tissue loss, not sure if its because of too much flow. Polyps were extended which was weird so im wondering if it was just getting blasted by flow or maybe an infection. Getting around 1400gph in a 35g

Hoping for the best with these new frags!

 

[Lavey29]

I don't dip acros. They are already stressed from shipping. WWC recommends not dipping also. I just drop them in to their required par spot and pray. Never had an issue.