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09/17/2003, 07:34 PM
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acclimating
What do you guys think is the best procedure for acclimating a clam?
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#2
09/17/2003, 09:12 PM
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Drip.... For atleast 2 hours.. This is the method I use, and it's the safest and surest way...
Take the clam out of the bag, and place it as well as all the water, or as much needed in a bowl... Take out tank water into some sort of drip system ( ivy, or home made) to make one you can simply buy a small valve and use air-line tubing running from the bottom of a distilled water can through the top and down to have proper syphoning... I do about 1 drip every 2 3 seconds on my clams and take out water from the bowl as the water level get's higher.... Do this for about 2 hours and be sure to then acclimate the clam to the tank temperature.. It would be best to have the clam in a bowl in the tank attached to the side... so that it doesn't fall into the water... Of course you can use an easier method by taking out half a glass every 10 minutes and such.. Not even sure how it goes because I never do it... I like for all my species to be acclimated properly to be sure they are the least stressed... 
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#3
09/17/2003, 09:30 PM
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When I acclimate anything in my tank I use a bucket that's large enough to hold the livestock and water that the livestock in, plus an extra gallon of water or two. I put a heater and a very small ph in as far away from the livestock as I can then I start dripping water from my QT tank (1 drip every 1-3sec depending on how much total water vol is in the bucket. Faster dirp for larger vol.) After the bucket is full, I dump out half the water and start again. I would do this for 2hrs-3hrs.
After that, its (livestock) going into the QT (slowly adjusting it to the light also). 2-3 weeks later if everything look good, I repeat the above step but with my main tank water. |
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#4
09/19/2003, 02:51 PM
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most of the time i use the drip method but have a bowl attached to the side of my sump so the clam acclimates to the tank temp.
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#5
09/19/2003, 03:05 PM
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This might be a dumb question, but...
If a treatement for diseases and such is a fresh water drip, why is it necessary to slowly acclimate a clam to the tank?
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#6
09/23/2003, 07:48 PM
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Treatmeant for diseases such as, fwd, med, or any other is only a last resort when the animal can't combat the diseases by itself. Any treatment will cause a very big strees on the animal. Its only done when it have to be done. When I first started this hobby, only 20% of my fish that went through treatment survie, now its up to 50%. The best way, is to prevent the animals from getting sick. IMO, it is easier to prevent than to treat an animal from disease.
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