New Corals

[Chrisz]

Hi all!

Its been years since I last got any new corals, I just got home with some SPS corals...got questions on acclimation.

Treat them just like a fish right, drip acclimate?

Start the corals at the bottom and work them up the aqua scape I believe.

I do not want to put the stores water in my tank, if I remember right sponges are the only coral that cant be exposed to air.

 

[footgal]

I just float for 15 minutes, do any pest control dips or whatever, then drop em in. Dripping stresses the coral because the salinity keeps changing, fish like a slow transition and coral seem to like a one and done deal

 

[Dilan Patel]

I agree, All i do is float for temp, dip in Coral rx pro+flatworm exit, rinse+ scrub and drop in tank. Keep it simple and your corals will appreciate it.

 

[Chrisz]

I was bad...went shopping again got more

Think I will need to re-home some hammer head to make room

 

[tnw50cal]

I float them, break them off the frag plugs and glue them to my rocks. Only dip if I get from someone I don't know (think frag show, LFS), 99% of the on line venders would not want it posted here that they are sending out "infected" frag and go to great lengths to make sure their systems are disease free.

 

[Chrisz]

I float them, break them off the frag plugs and glue them to my rocks. Only dip if I get from someone I don't know (think frag show, LFS), 99% of the on line venders wouldnot want it posted here that they are sending out "infected" frag and go to great lengths to make sure their systems are disease free.

what do you glue them down with?