Acclimating multiple fish at once

[Joe Rice]

I have 4 lyretail anthias that I am ready to move from QT into the display tank. I have an acclimation box but given that anthias are known to scrap with each other I'm concerned about crowding them into such a small area. Am I better off just releasing them into the tank? There's plenty of rockwork in the tank where they can take refuge. There are a Regal Blue Tang, Kole Tang, couple of clowns and a few other very peaceful fish in the tank.

Thoughts?

 

[ca1ore]

I almost always skip the acclimation (socialization is my favored term) box for anthias, particularly if you don't have fish likely to bother them (and you don't).