[flricordia]

I disagree totally. A coral should be placed directly into your system as long as your parameters are correct and if they aren't you shouldn't be adding corals. I and every reef shop and about everyone else that keeps corals knows to place the coral right in. Do not acclimate it by drip method. I use to do this and would sometimes loose corals, but since I learned to not do this I have never lost a coral whether softie, sps or lps. You should only acclimate fish and inverts by drip method. Corals can secrete a toxin that can lead to their eventual demise in thier bag and especially when being acclimated by drip. No harm will come if placed in the tank right away. They do not breath in the way fish and inverts do and do not need to be drip acclimated, Too many people think they need to do this to their corals and too many people end up loosing their corals and blaming water parameters or the LRS or the collector.