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Out of curiousity, as someone who has acclimated both ways and never lost a fish I would like to know what you guys find survival rates to be better in.
What is the more successful way to acclimate animals to your aquarium? Drip Acclimation or Float and Drop Acclimitisation (Temperature Acclimation). Also, to help back up your success please note how many losses you’ve had due to this, how long you do it for, how many animals you’ve acclimated using either way ect…
I’ll go first, as I said I’ve done both ways and still do both ways. I do drip for Inverts and Coral and Float for fish. So far I think I’ve acclimated 15, possibly 20 fish through float & drop acclimatisation and I haven’t lost any of them due to that. I have lost one fish due to drip acclimation which was a Chelmon marginalis.
As for coral, I’ve only ever lost a Montipora setosa due to the drip acclimation and I don’t actually know why to this day (Every other coral I’ve acclimated into my nano has survived).
What is the more successful way to acclimate animals to your aquarium? Drip Acclimation or Float and Drop Acclimitisation (Temperature Acclimation). Also, to help back up your success please note how many losses you’ve had due to this, how long you do it for, how many animals you’ve acclimated using either way ect…
I’ll go first, as I said I’ve done both ways and still do both ways. I do drip for Inverts and Coral and Float for fish. So far I think I’ve acclimated 15, possibly 20 fish through float & drop acclimatisation and I haven’t lost any of them due to that. I have lost one fish due to drip acclimation which was a Chelmon marginalis.
As for coral, I’ve only ever lost a Montipora setosa due to the drip acclimation and I don’t actually know why to this day (Every other coral I’ve acclimated into my nano has survived).