Your Acclimation Procedures

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Originally Posted by genix

I was thinking of using a large plastic cup and lid with small holes drilled in it. I could float the cup in the tank for an hour or two. Any problems with that? It would require a bit of experimentation with the holes to acheive a proper acclimation rate, but I can't think of any other problems with this.

I can. This way of acclimation while sounding good in theory is not so good in practice. You really want to avoid adding water from other sources to your tank water if possible. You never know what could be in the water that you do not want in your reef.