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12/13/2006, 09:24 AM
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Drip vs Turkey Baster...
Just curious, what do you think is a better method of acclimation? The turkey baster or drip method?
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12/13/2006, 09:31 AM
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I use a shot glass.
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12/13/2006, 09:31 AM
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Never heard of a turkey baster method.
What are you acclimating? I use different methods, depending on the animal.
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12/13/2006, 09:34 AM
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Never heard of using a shot glass.... sounds interesting.
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12/13/2006, 10:08 AM
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A shot glass? As in "bombs away" and dunk a coral in the tank and then slam one down? Hope you dont buy too many corals at the same time! ( JK of course ).
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12/13/2006, 10:08 AM
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Never heard of anything other than drip. I just lost a coral beauty could this have been from my acc? I did the drip for about 1 1/2 hours. But I have done the same for all my other fish and their great. Is there diff. types of acc. for other fish?
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12/13/2006, 03:23 PM
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i dont have any way to drip properly, so i just use a turkey baster and suck up water every 5 mins or so, and squirt a little into the container im trying to acclimate.
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12/13/2006, 03:29 PM
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Its very easy to set up a drip.
Go to the LFS, get, 8 ft of airline tubing. Maybe $1.00 An Airline valve again couple bucks, a bucket ( you should have that already) And thats it!
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12/13/2006, 03:30 PM
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I let my fish look at the tank from inside the bag before I dump them in...
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12/13/2006, 03:45 PM
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any method that slowly acclimates the animal to the tank works.
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