Acclimation thingamabob

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  1. arteemus

    arteemus Plankton

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    I was browsing the 2 docs website and this contraption caught my eye:

    Aquarium Acclimation Kit: Reef Gently AccliMate Pro

    As a newbie (don't even have a tank yet), the acclimation process is still sort of mysterious to me. I know the mechanics of the process, but...

    Any thoughts as to whether this might be a good system, or do you think it's unnecessary? :-/
     
    arteemus, May 17, 2011
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  2. khowst

    khowst Bangghai Cardinal

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    Looks sexy but WAY OVERKILL! Get the same effect with a $3.99 tuperware & a $2.99 piece of air tubing.
     
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  3. Reef-a-holic

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    +1...not worth $55 IMHO.
     
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  4. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    as others have said this gadget works fine but you can achieve the same thing for wayyyyy less. just use some airline tubing tie a knot in it to control the drip rate and drip into a bucket
     
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  5. MarineHobbyist

    MarineHobbyist Flamingo Tongue

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    I use 2.5g tank and the tubing that's used for dextrose in the hospital. cost me close to nothing. Here's how I acclimate my fish.

    But that acclimation kit you posted looks way cooler lol.
     
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  6. arteemus

    arteemus Plankton

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    Yeah, you've all said what I kinda already knew, but it looked so simple! DIYer, I'm not. I'm just gonna have to stress it out when it comes time to get fish.
     
    arteemus, May 18, 2011
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  7. blackreef13

    blackreef13 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    to me its a waste of money i drip accilmate my fish and inverts in a 5gallon bucket
     
    blackreef13, May 19, 2011
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