Anemone Acclimation, 4 hours too long?

[gabrieltackitt]

I just picked up an anemone from my LFS and got home to start acclimating it, I normally do a drip for 1-2 hours, and then a good rinse and into the tank, but I had just got called into work, and now won’t be home for ~4 hours or so, if I leave it floating in the drip container for that long, will the nem still be okay after that?

 

[mrlavalamp]

My first and biggest concern would be temp control.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I just picked up an anemone from my LFS and got home to start acclimating it, I normally do a drip for 1-2 hours, and then a good rinse and into the tank, but I had just got called into work, and now won’t be home for ~4 hours or so, if I leave it floating in the drip container for that long, will the nem still be okay after that?

4 hours is fine. Assure the salinity in acclimation container matches the display tank and introduce under low to moderate light

 

[gabrieltackitt]

My first and biggest concern would be temp control.

I left it floating in my sump attached to the sidewall.

 

[gabrieltackitt]

4 hours is fine. Assure the salinity in acclimation container matches the display tank and introduce under low to moderate light

I left it dripping, my estimate and past experience, the container should be about 3/4 full by the time I get home(it started at about 1/4-1/3) And it’s floating in the sump for temp. That should hopefully make the salinity pretty close by the time I get home.

 

[gabrieltackitt]

Just to update:

I got home after about 4 1/2 hours and got the nem into the tank. It fairly quickly attached and started to come out. Here is a pic after it had been in for about 30 mins.

 

[Terry Le]

Look good