Acclimating Large Colonies

[Ian Baxter]

As the title says. I'm looking at buying a large colony of branching hammers (30+ heads). How would I go about acclimation and dipping. I assume dipping in a bucket, but would you drip acclimate?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

This might help you!

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/acclimating-coral.773045/

 

[mfinn]

As the title says. I'm looking at buying a large colony of branching hammers (30+ heads). How would I go about acclimation and dipping. I assume dipping in a bucket, but would you drip acclimate?

I would probably do a dip for flat worms. I have introduced flat worms into my tank a couple times with picking up branching lps from other hobbyists tanks and even lfs.
I probably would have benefited from a quarantine tank for coral too, but I fail on that point.

 

[Shirak]

Unnecessary to drip acclimate corals. Temperature acclimate, dip, rinse and put in tank.

 

[Ian Baxter]

I would probably do a dip for flat worms. I have introduced flat worms into my tank a couple times with picking up branching lps from other hobbyists tanks and even lfs.
I probably would have benefited from a quarantine tank for coral too, but I fail on that point.

Yeah, I don’t have room for a QT at the moment. But, that would be ideal for sure. Flatworms can be a nightmare from the stories I’ve heard.

 

[mfinn]

Yeah, I don’t have room for a QT at the moment. But, that would be ideal for sure. Flatworms can be a nightmare from the stories I’ve heard.

I've seen them hide inside the skeletons, next to the flesh. I've been shocked when doing dips with fwe and seeing the amount of flat worms that crawl/float out.

 

[BryanM]

I rarely temp acclimate unless there's a big temp diff. They are getting dipped in my tank water as it is, so that's getting them fairly close while being dipped.