Acclimation

[Dearth]

Which type of acclimation type do you use for your coral/fish/critters?

I use a form of the simplified method as when I used the drip type I actually lost about half my critters/fish with simplified I have yet to lose any fish, CuC or critters don't know why as they are more sensitive to water variations but with me simplified works

[Madreefer]

I'm one of the guilty ones.
Float bag in sump 10 mins.
Take item out of bag and put in tank.
When I started out I did the drip acclimation. Never lost anything. The last 5 years or so I've just been floating and haven't lost anything that way either. Call it luck, laziness or just plain cocky. There never seems to be enough time in the day nowadays and I've pretty much stopped stressing and worrying about my tank.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

I'm one of the guilty ones.
Float bag in sump 10 mins.
Take item out of bag and put in tank.
When I started out I did the drip acclimation. Never lost anything. The last 5 years or so I've just been floating and haven't lost anything that way either. Call it luck, laziness or just plain cocky. There never seems to be enough time in the day nowadays and I've pretty much stopped stressing and worrying about my tank.

This saves me having to type out a whole story. Same here, no losses.

[Madreefer]

Sorry. I'm long winded

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Sorry. I'm long winded

I'm lazy, so it worked out all around -lol

[marie]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

I'm one of the guilty ones.
Float bag in sump 10 mins.
Take item out of bag and put in tank.
When I started out I did the drip acclimation. Never lost anything. The last 5 years or so I've just been floating and haven't lost anything that way either. Call it luck, laziness or just plain cocky. There never seems to be enough time in the day nowadays and I've pretty much stopped stressing and worrying about my tank.

Me too, no losses here either

[Magma]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

I'm one of the guilty ones.
Float bag in sump 10 mins.
Take item out of bag and put in tank.
When I started out I did the drip acclimation. Never lost anything. The last 5 years or so I've just been floating and haven't lost anything that way either. Call it luck, laziness or just plain cocky. There never seems to be enough time in the day nowadays and I've pretty much stopped stressing and worrying about my tank.

+1 on this.

I call it the Simple Simple Method.

I did the whole float the bag, drip into a bucket, remove water but I found it just sucked so much time out of my day if I bought a coral or fish on a whim.

[Magickiwi]

I use the CPR drip acclimator. It does all the add water etc for me. I just plop the little devil into the reservoir, set the drip rate and it's off to the races.

[brizzo]

Simplified method.

Most often live stocked is shipped to me, so I figure why waste time drip acclimating, get them warm and into the tank asap.

[intarsiabox]

I don't so much as drip as just pour a cup of tank water into the bag after floating for 10 min then float for another five.