Acclimatizing a few things - questions

[marie]

The only thing I acclimate are shrimp. Everything else including crabs get the temp equalized, then I remove from the bag and place in the tank

[fiorano]

Originally Posted by marie

The only thing I acclimate are shrimp. Everything else including crabs get the temp equalized, then I remove from the bag and place in the tank

Bingo. thats wat i do. i dont think i've ever lost livestock due to poor acclimatisation... dont think thats a word w/e haha... anyway longer than an hour seems a bit excessive