Bubble tip acclimation

wow acclimating bubble nems . I just chuck em in the tank stick it in a spot I want it and conditions seem right . sometimes they move sometimes they stay . I got rid of mine once my clowns were gone. good luck bubbles aren't to bad those dang carpet ones though man they can kill

oh yea ps im not telling u to do what I do im just stating what I do . I never lost one btw

this is why i was asking you about this yesterday, i know you have success with most things with minimal acclimation.
 
wow acclimating bubble nems . I just chuck em in the tank stick it in a spot I want it and conditions seem right . sometimes they move sometimes they stay . I got rid of mine once my clowns were gone. good luck bubbles aren't to bad those dang carpet ones though man they can kill

oh yea ps im not telling u to do what I do im just stating what I do . I never lost one btw

Same here, they are very hardy. Got my RBTA from Menard.
 
I took a fragging class, a few months ago, at Living sea aquariums in Park Ridge. Someone asked about acclimation during the class and the owner said they didn't acclimate anything either. The group was horrified. They kept asking questions like "Well what about light cycle differences and what about parameter changes?" The owner said "You don't think the ocean has those changes too?"

I walked away with a completely different perspective on acclimation and there are quite a few people online that do not acclimate and have success.
 
When I got my RBTA I temp acclimated it, put a little bit of my water in the bag, and then put it in my tank like 30 minutes later. It's been growing great for about 3 months now.
 
nems often live in tide pools where the experience an increasing salinity throughout the day and storms and cloud cover (especially near the equator) definitely create an inconsistent lighting pattern. Even temprature changes can be huge when ocean water pours back into the tide pool as the tide comes back in. Most intertidal creatures can take a lot more punishment than we would normall want to dish and I'm not saying we should, but I have seen LFS owners dump bags of nems right into tank with no acclimation other than floating the bag for a while. Since that experience I have mimiced it with all corals with no problems. I'd still do fish slowly because of the dramatic sal changes from being kept in hypo, but I think a slow drip acclimation has more potential to cause harm for most corals because of buildups of bad chemicals in the tiny space of the acclimation chamber. My uneducated .02 anyway.
 
nems often live in tide pools where the experience an increasing salinity throughout the day and storms and cloud cover (especially near the equator) definitely create an inconsistent lighting pattern. Even temprature changes can be huge when ocean water pours back into the tide pool as the tide comes back in. Most intertidal creatures can take a lot more punishment than we would normall want to dish and I'm not saying we should, but I have seen LFS owners dump bags of nems right into tank with no acclimation other than floating the bag for a while. Since that experience I have mimiced it with all corals with no problems. I'd still do fish slowly because of the dramatic sal changes from being kept in hypo, but I think a slow drip acclimation has more potential to cause harm for most corals because of buildups of bad chemicals in the tiny space of the acclimation chamber. My uneducated .02 anyway.
do btas live in tidepools? after a short google search idk?
 
they def aren't the most sensitive creatures by any means. but imo there is quite a difference between nems and corals. they have put up with a lot of my abuse, but i personally would acclimate. but hell i drip everything, corals, snails, fish, w.e. but its a short drip. don't want a long acclimation, thats just defeating the purpose. want to limit introduction stress, not stress it out by dripping it for hours. can see the benefits of an instant acclimation tho, kinda like jumping into the pool. just get it over with
 
From my reading and experience on the issue, I only do a quick acclimation. I also float the bag to adjust the temp, especially if it has been shipped. I check the salinity of the water coming in (for fish) and do a quick 10 to 20 minutes of putting a cup or two of my tank water in the bag every 4 or 5 minutes. If the salinity is way off with the fish, I will slowly adjust the QT over a day to match my tank. I have never lost anything due to acclimation issues. Long drips for anything that has been shipped can cause major issues with ammonia levels, which will kill a lot faster then salinity and ph differences.
 
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