		Guide to Acclimating Corals and Saltwater Fish	easy reefer > acclimating corals
Buy Livestock and Dry Goods Live Corals Aquarium Pumps Powerheads Protein Skimmers VHO Lighting SPS Coral Information Keeping Stony Corals Acclimating Corals and Fish Identify SPS by Classification Identify SPS by Morphology All About Zoanthids Keeping Zoanthids in a Reef Aquarium Tridacnid Clams Keeping Clams in your Reef Tank Reef Aquarium Hardware Metal Halide Lighting Calcium Reactors Fluidized Reactors pH Meters and Controllers Phosphate Binding Media RODI Filters Reef Tank Learning Center Click to learn Our Partners	Acclimating Corals and Saltwater Fish Once you get your new pets home it is critical that you take time introducing them to their new homes. Saltwater fish, and especially invertebrates like corals, are intolerant of even the smallest changes in their environment. This includes: Temperature Specific gravity Water quality (Nitrates, Nitrites, Phosphates, and more) Light intensity (some corals are more sensitive to this than others) If you shock your new inhabitants by changing any one of these things too quickly, they could die. Most pet stores will give you credit the first time this happens (some make you provide a water sample from your tank). But, these are beautiful and rare animals, so take these steps to avoid any issues: Take your time. Many new reef tank pets meet their demise because their new owners are so excited to see them in their tank. Introducing new species to your tank takes time (sometimes many hours). Don't rush, and you will be rewarded with a happy pet that lasts for years. Acclimate slowly. Your fish or coral has survived in a bag for some time. Now, you need to change that environment for that of your tank. By adding small amounts of water from your tank (a cup is enough) every 30 minutes or so for several hours, the water in the bag will become the water from your tank. If you do all of this with the bag floating (use clips, so it doesn't fall over) the temperature of the bag will slowly reach the temperature of your tank. Drs Foster and Smith have a useful video on the subject for more information: CLICK HERE for all the latest fish and aquarium products at Drs. Foster & Smith

Guide to Acclimating Corals and Saltwater Fish

easy reefer > acclimating corals

SPS coral

Buy Livestock and Dry Goods

Live Corals
Aquarium Pumps
Powerheads
Protein Skimmers
VHO Lighting

SPS Coral Information

Keeping Stony Corals
Acclimating Corals and Fish
Identify SPS by Classification
Identify SPS by Morphology

All About Zoanthids

Keeping Zoanthids in a Reef Aquarium

Tridacnid Clams

Keeping Clams in your Reef Tank

Reef Aquarium Hardware

Metal Halide Lighting
Calcium Reactors
Fluidized Reactors
pH Meters and Controllers
Phosphate Binding Media
RODI Filters

Reef Tank Learning Center
Click to learn

Our Partners

Acclimating Corals and Saltwater Fish

Once you get your new pets home it is critical that you take time introducing them to their new homes. Saltwater fish, and especially invertebrates like corals, are intolerant of even the smallest changes in their environment. This includes:

Temperature
Specific gravity
Water quality (Nitrates, Nitrites, Phosphates, and more)
Light intensity (some corals are more sensitive to this than others)

If you shock your new inhabitants by changing any one of these things too quickly, they could die. Most pet stores will give you credit the first time this happens (some make you provide a water sample from your tank). But, these are beautiful and rare animals, so take these steps to avoid any issues:

Take your time. Many new reef tank pets meet their demise because their new owners are so excited to see them in their tank. Introducing new species to your tank takes time (sometimes many hours). Don't rush, and you will be rewarded with a happy pet that lasts for years.
Acclimate slowly. Your fish or coral has survived in a bag for some time. Now, you need to change that environment for that of your tank. By adding small amounts of water from your tank (a cup is enough) every 30 minutes or so for several hours, the water in the bag will become the water from your tank. If you do all of this with the bag floating (use clips, so it doesn't fall over) the temperature of the bag will slowly reach the temperature of your tank.

Drs Foster and Smith have a useful video on the subject for more information:

CLICK HERE for all the latest fish and aquarium products at Drs. Foster & Smith


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