Acclimate New Corals The CORRECT WAY in Your Reef Tank! WWC Revealed!

[@kreativ_corals]

most underrated coral video on youtube. Thanks for taking the time to make it!

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

You're welcome! Thank you for the kind words, glad it was helpful.

[@myrcflyer9999]

I do the drip acclimation with the coral in a small plastic bag floating in sump and coral dip added to the bag sometime in between. After 10- 15 mins take the bag out use a baster or pipette to flush out any pest and do a quick 30 second flush with fresh water and put in the tank

[@offswitch1]

Great idea!

[@ts6377]

I always dripped, but WWC knows more about corals than I ever will so I'm going to follow their advice.

[@kevivjack2408]

Not sure, i hv never acclimated in last few yrs, all good, i only follow , coral dip 30 min and ensure i only add at the night, never in day light, seems working for me❤

[@StubbyAcro]

Chris Meckley from ACI Aquaculture doesn’t even do temperature acclimation. He just plops his corals immediately to his system. So did Jake Adams from Reef Builders.

[@claudiamelfi3882]

i guess if i was receiving 25 cases of corals i would do the same, but a few frags i think thats a whole other ball game. better safe than sorry !!!

[@StubbyAcro]

@@claudiamelfi3882 No, he found that dipping new corals actually increase the mortality rate. Check Reefbum podcast. The man is a genius.

[@liamackermann5851]

Not saying I disagree, but after 24 hours in a bag does 30 mins to dip/drip make a difference?

[@offswitch1]

So far i have just thrown popping xenia and 2 sea anemones right in they are doing great.

[@karennation3580]

This is new news! I just bought some fish and they said the same thing about their corals! I have always floted them in sump and slowly added some water that way they. I wasnt dipping them because of fear but inspecing but now I am back to dipping! Defietly never saw a need for a slow drip acclimation!

[@kevin8360]

Test the packaging water… How does it compare to yours? If it’s relatively close in PH & DKH, there isn’t a need for a long acclimation. If the parameters are far apart, it would be best to have a separate tank/bowl/bucket that could be a halfway point for the coral over a day or two… assuming you have a spare heater & powerhead. The corals can deal with low light for a few days… temp, flow, stability… not so much. That said, if you can quarantine, do so! If alkalinity is over 1 dkh different, and you don’t acclimate somehow… you could kill the coral. Try to never raise the alkalinity on a coral more than 1 dkh per day. Having a cheap heater, a tiny powerhead, and a bucket are invaluable. You could also do a water change with higher alk salt to raise the tank alk closer to the shipping water, if your tank has lower alk. Attack the difference from both angles.

[@Rambl3On]

I used to drip acclimate but I’d put a heating pad underneath the bucket to keep the temperature consistent. My tank is too full to add anything to anymore haha

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

Nice. I like that, the heating pad would definitely help keep the temperature stable during the transition. A Full tank is a happy tank! What type of corals does your tank consist of?

[@chrispearl1473]

Did you forget to link the video in post? I see this a lot. Pointing to a corner with no pop up. Drives me a little crazy. But anyhow, I’ll look for the video.

[@patterdalezipsuzilil]

Never dripped in my life 50...50. But I allways use revive just temp float bag for 20 min

[@RogueAquariums]

Unless they come from a very trusted source I wouldn’t put them in my display. I agree about not drip acclimating them but definitely temp. Acclimation is important. 👍

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

Yes absolutely thanks for checking out the video!

[@smokiebandit]

Always Drip and Dip I've always purchased from world wide corals trust in the drip and dip method. Even the best in the industry have pest

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

Yes very true!

[@taterfab8845]

well, now i know. Thanks for the great tutuorial / advice!

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

You're welcome thank you so much for checking out the video! Glad it was helpful.

[@soldierboy_4349]

So temp acclimate, dip, then put them in the tank?

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

Yes, you can temp acclimate, inspect and dip.

[@paultansey664]

Have you seen the state of your tank and your giving advice wow I’ve been doing this for 35 years with a nice tank just throw your corals in the toilet they will have more chances

[@paulfoxgrover7719]

Very risky advice for the fish and coral in your aquarium. I have learned the hard way to QT everything!

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

QT is an important step as well thanks so much for watching.

[@MinusTwoTonsils]

There are way better places to get corals from. I wouldn't trust Vic, or anyone else from there. I've seen him give terrible advice. It is all marketing and a big social media presence. I'm good on anything from them.

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

Yeah there are a lot of awesome coral vendors out there. I like TRSC aquatics, living reef Orlando, aqua sd and more just to name a few. I like many of my LFS as well.

[@MinusTwoTonsils]

@@TheCoralReefTalk Just got a shipment from LRO! 😆 way better imo

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

@@MinusTwoTonsils Very Nice! LRO corals rock! What's something awesome you picked up?

[@MinusTwoTonsils]

@@TheCoralReefTalk favs have too be the Indo Holy Grail Hammer and the Yellow Submarine Favia, and a couple really cool acans! All very clean and well shipped!

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

@@MinusTwoTonsils that's an awesome Hammer for sure! Sweet favia love the colors. yes and their packaging is top notch! Great Corals enjoy em!

[@claudiamelfi3882]

dip dip dip !!! i would rather lose the new frags then all my reef. i recently bought some lps frags from a place i thought was safe and dipped anyways thank the reef gods i did, found what looked like white flat worms !!!🪱🪱🪱

[@TheCoralReefTalk]

Oh Wow! Yes dipping is a good preventative measure to take for sure.

[@jacklawer6389]

Whats the best dip please