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I've read many methods of proper acclimation. The most popular one I've found with marine fish is the "no float no mix method." This involves netting the fish out of the bag and placing it directly in the aquarium. I read temperature and salinity acclimations are not important because they fluctuate quite drastically all the time in the wild. As a fish respires CO2 in the bag, the pH will lower, making any ammonnia present non-toxic. As soon as you open the bag, the CO2 escapes and the pH will begin to rise and ammonnia become toxic. Thus the fish must be removed from the bag water quickly. That seems to make sense. But the same site mentioned inverts need salinity acclimation. How do you achieve this without letting the CO2 escape from the bag causing pH and ammonia to flucuate. I've read to open the bag and gradually mix your water with the bag water, but that means the invert has to stay in the "nasty" bag water longer. This conflicts with the no float no mix method. So, to make a long question short, how do you guys succuessfully acclimate your inverts, fresh or salt?

I have always just put them into a bucket and set up a drip from the tank into the bucket. Usually one drip every few seconds. Once the bucket is 3/4 full I net them and put them in the tank. There are many was to acclimate, you just need to see what works best for you.