Acclimating New Corals

Tidal Gardens

In this video we go over some ideas on acclimating new arrivals to our reef tanks. Acclimating corals is important to reduce stress on them as the travel can be very rough, especially if they were shipped. Acclimation also gives you the opportunity to dip the corals to remove pests before they are placed into their new home. Check out http://www.tidalgardens.com for information or if you want to buy corals for your reef tank. Check out Tidal Garden's sister site Advanced Reef Aquarium reef-related goodies!: http://www.advancedreefaquarium.com Follow us on Facebook if you can't get enough reef-related shenanigans: http://www.facebook.com/tidalgardens Tweet at us @tidalgardens Music: Tracks: "At the Shore", "Night Cave" Artist: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License Terms: Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/faq.html Video: Copyright Information: This video was shot and edited by Tidal Gardens. Tidal Gardens owns all copyrights to this content. Editing Software License: Final Cut Pro License Agreement 1. C. - "Title and intellectual property rights in and to any content displayed by or accessed through the Apple Software belongs to the respective content owner." 2. B. -- "Sample Content. Title and intellectual property rights in and to any content displayed or accessed through the Apple Software belongs to the respective content owner...Except as otherwise provided, you may use the Apple and third party audio file content (including but not limited to, the built-in sound files, samples and impulse responses)(collectively the "Sample Content"), contained in or otherwise included with the Apple Software on a royalty-free basis, to create your own original soundtracks for your film, video, and audio projects."

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thehitmanisup - 6 years ago

What do you do when you get a coral in mail that came from a super high alk tank. What time frame is ideal to get the coral adjusted with out rtning?

Dailoi Nguyen - 6 years ago

Omg!! I saw one came out of my mushroom and I try to catch it but it got away in my tank what should I do please help!!

Tubbybeef - 6 years ago

Wow, what is the clownfish loving on starting at 0:11? Looks great!

MN Aquariums - 6 years ago

Good info

Jeremiah Holland - 6 years ago

how long should you drip acclimate the corals

James Tarver - 6 years ago

What’s the point In acclimatising to temp if you then remove them from the tank and trip water on them. Surely by the time it’s finished the water will be at a different temp in the Basin to the tank

Khazlur R Baksh - 7 years ago

Great info thanks for the tips

Henrique Marques - 7 years ago

2:51 omgg a little sea star

Nicks World - 7 years ago

Sorry I have to get this out of my system, my cousin has a massive lps reef and he connects a single filter to all 8 of his tanks, he comes home one day to the filter broken and water all over his floor like thousands of gallons .... and a dead collection of rare fish and coral

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Adam B - 7 years ago

great video

Alex Kirwin - 7 years ago

Love your vids. Also who finds his voice calming?

Random dude - 7 years ago

Great, no one told me about that. I cycled my tank added a couple corals without using a dip. Is it worth dipping them now at all? If there was stuff on the frags it's probably already all over my tank....

Aidan B - 7 years ago

Yes its worth dipping them now, there are so many things that you can get from corals. If there were anything on them, you would probably start seeing strange things on the glass or rocks. There are methods to kill off hitchhikers in your tank but you have to identify them, if you even have any.

Brian Duran - 7 years ago

seeing that worm come out the coral gave me goose bumps

LRanee - 7 years ago

U sound so close to the mic

SP Wood Art - 7 years ago

Hi, thanks for the videos. I'm a subscriber and new to the hobby, what is your take on dipping leather corals as in a toadstool? Thank you.

SP Wood Art - 7 years ago

Thank you. I was unsure because I read in a few places that toad stools should never be dipped. However, I read almost everywhere all corals should be dipped. Really enjoy the videos.

Tidal Gardens - 7 years ago

You can. There are some uncommon nudibranchs that plague leather corals.

Raymond Lai - 7 years ago

Dear Tidal Gardens Inc :), I would like to say, thank you, very much, to you, for taking your time, energy and effort to both upload and share this video with the youtube family :). Thank you, very much, Tidal Gardens Inc :). I hope you have a lovely day :).

Rhett Herring - 7 years ago

The six foot long killing machine comment instantly made me uneasy as I sit near my DT.

Jon Osterman - 6 years ago

Reminds me of Barry the Bobbitbworm

bruce wayne - 7 years ago

Rhett Herring that is bristleworm a.k.a bobby worm, they can grow about a metres and they will kill a tank inhibitant if not prevented earlier

_ Nnox _ - 7 years ago

Great love the video

OSIEL ALVARADO - 8 years ago

Dude your voice is annoying.

Brandon Hook - 8 years ago

so is your comment

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Tiffany Cortez - 8 years ago

f that just drop it in....job done.

gil - 8 years ago

whats the point of bag floating the new additions to temp acclimate only to then place the frags into a separate bucket to drip acclimate. IME i've seen a significant temp change at the end of a 45min drip acclimation in a separate container compared to the DT water. I didn't see a thermometer or anything in the bucket. I always encourage people not to drip acclimate into a separate container for this very reason.

barbedwirekitty - 6 years ago

Do you drip acclimate and then float? Or float, drip, float? I've actually wondered about this too

GERONIMO VEGA - 8 years ago

It could have been a Bobit Worm larvae.

Scott Campbell - 8 years ago

For me I want to get the coral out of the shipping water asap. Ammonia is less toxic at lower temperatures and raising the temperature in the bag can be fatal for some sps. For me, out, dip then straight into the tank.

TheMirelyght - 8 years ago

6 foot long killing machine....i chuckled....but regardless of length theres so many vids on destructive pests that anyone would be a fool to ignore your advice. also people...if you can go to their site and take the virtual google maps tour, its awesome!!

Johanna Diaz - 9 years ago

that is awesome ty for sharing first time i see this

M.R. Hawks - 9 years ago

Fire bristle? Syllid? Can't tell. One's harmful the other harmless, but as the saying goes if there's doubt, take it out.

Sakib Mahmud - 9 years ago

thanks for such a helpful video :)

Toto Wolf - 9 years ago

Dont forget to turn off your lights and slowly acclimate them to your lighting over at least two weeks...very important. I have a set of frags that are still frags because I did not acclimate to the lighting whereas I have acclimated group that are growing like wild flower.

DIY Aquarium - 9 years ago

очень классно

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SantaMonicaHelp Assistant - 9 years ago

Thanks for the cool video. Sounds like it's easy. Didn't know such bugs could come along with your corals.

WSA ReefZone - 10 years ago

Great Video!

Mother Earth - 10 years ago

O_________O;; im sooo soo happy I watched this before I got corals.... V.V im planning on starting a salt water tank for the first time.. and I dont really know that much about it yet. ^.^;

Beau Garrison - 6 years ago

Mother Earth any update on your adventure?

Reef Roid - 10 years ago

Got a nudi problem would you recommend fresh water dips ?

daniel bartolo - 10 years ago

Hi, how many seconds or minutes can you take out the coral from the water without hurting them? thanks

Blewbury - 10 years ago

Where did you order your coral from. Can I order some from you?

atticus27 - 11 years ago

Do you dip anemones as well

Kaká G - 11 years ago

Wow, great video thank you ! :)

Eliot's Vlog - 11 years ago

Nice video. What do you do if you live in an apartment? My tank is ready for corals just not sure how to go about introducing new coral to the aquarium.

Tidal Gardens - 11 years ago

There is no "best" level, but I shoot for about 9-10. I need to do a series all on reef chemistry because it's worthy of a deeper discussion.

Montyzzzification - 11 years ago

Hi Than ... I personally don't see the importance of the temperature acclimation because, as I have found out, when acclimating the coral in a smaller separate container the water temperature drops again anyway. I have tried things like raising the room temperature up to 26C (79f) but still the water temp in the small container drops back down.

dm002a8686 - 11 years ago

What's the best levels of dkh , my local store say between 8 and 12. But test kit says between 7 and 8

Scott From Rosco's Reef - 11 years ago

Great video Than keep it up...

triumphags - 11 years ago

Hi Than, I think ABHI was refering to the hat that hanging in the back ground! LOL

Miami_Guy - 11 years ago

Another very helpful step by step video, thanks than.

peteninja24 - 11 years ago

we had a bristle worm or something like it, before we found it we where loosing fish but no bodies until we stripped the tank down and found this worm thing that was at least 30 to 40 cm so maybe that was it because no more fish went missing after we took it out

pablo guzman - 11 years ago

Lady gaga new video

TheDbowtell - 11 years ago

You have a super relaxing voice. Next time I have trouble sleeping I'm going to loop these episodes and put my earbuds in.

dannysreeftank - 11 years ago

subscribed, going to start doing this, check my videos out too

Tidal Gardens - 11 years ago

Reflection of a trash can not a coral skeleton.

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ABHI JITH - 11 years ago

@than is that huge heliofungia skeleton at 00:40 ?

Tidal Gardens - 11 years ago

I've found that most things are harmless. It's the one or two that are actually harmful that make me want to pull my hair out.

Tidal Gardens - 11 years ago

Yes. We dip them all the time.

Tidal Gardens - 11 years ago

It takes a while for a tank like that to cycle and settle in. He has fish and corals in there, but it's not a major difference than the last video. Hopefully soon it will be ready for a real update.

Tidal Gardens - 11 years ago

That makes sense too.

Tidal Gardens - 11 years ago

Nah, we hand pick everything, so it's all from local shows/hobbyists or importers within driving distance.

915Mang - 11 years ago

Hmm where does Tidal Gardens order their corals? Asia?

915Mang - 11 years ago

Thats what I want to see

Lazys Coral House - 11 years ago

I prefer to acclimate the coral to tank temperature last. During that 30 minute time period the water changes to room temperature and will need to be placed in the tank to adjust to tank water temperature.