acclimating several things at once

[pulpfiction1]

Personally just dumping them in to me is a big risk you never know the salinity .the alkalinity or the pH of water unless of course you measure it before hand

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[Jewel]

The only way to compensate for the PH, Alk, SG is to slowly introduce your tank water to the fish, We've all seen those fish that have a hard time adapting to our tanks and it must stress them out considerably. I introduced a Goby this week ad I thought he wasn't gonna make it but he was alright in a couple of days, Corals are different. Dip them and put them in. Would you just take a Copperband out of the bag and put it in the tank? I hope not.

 

[Boga]

I float the bags in refugium for 10-15 minutes. Then I place the corals in few dolarstore containers, half way in water and add one turkey baster of my water every 5 minutes. Sometimes I check salinity and pH of the water that comes from and make a judgment on how long I acclimate the new additions. I found water at pH 7.8, where my water was 8.3. I then discard the water that they came with.