Acclimation Procedure
1. Turn off your aquarium lights.
2. Float the shipping bag in the tank for 15-20 minutes.
3. Open the bag gently,do not rip open the bag.
4. Add 1.5 cups of your aquarium water into the shipping bag.
5. Repeat step #4 untill the bag is full.
6. Empty 95% of the water in the bag, but do not put this water into your tank.
7. Submerge the bag into the aquarium and gently release the specimen.

Helpful Tips

* Acclimate the fish/invertebrate even if it looks dead. The fish may look dead because of pH
changes and overall stress. Once you begin to acclimate the fish it may revive in a few hours.
* Do not open the bag or the box in bright light. This will add stress to the fish/invertebrate.
* Wait an hour until you turn on the lights to the aquarium. This procedure is done so that the
other fish in your tank will not attack the new fish.

Invertebrates/Corals
* All invertebrates are very sensitive to rapid changes in water chemistry.
* Acclimate all invertebrates slowly and carefully.
* Do not turn on lights immediately for corals, wait an hour then turn on your aquarium lights.
* Some corals may seem dead or lifeless for a few days, but with a couple of days the corals
should once gain regain their full coloration.
* Some snails may take up to 3 day's to start moving.

The following items may display behavior you may not be familiar with:
Fish: May breate rapidly during acclimation -- this is normal.
Angels, Triggers, & Tangs: Lay on their side when in the bag or acclimating
Wrasses: Lay on their side when in bag or acclimating; may spin harmless cottony substance
in bag and "play dead".
Shrimp: May act motionless for up to 30 seconds when first introduced into tank, move them
around
Sand Crabs: May act motionless when first introduced, move them around
Starfish: May stay motionless or not move for days at a time, pick up and inspect for signs of
disintegration
Snails & Conchs: May not open or move for days at a time, pick up and see if it smells rancid
Puffers: Like to lay on bottom
Corals & Anemones: May take hours or days to fully open or inflate
Anemones: Shipped in little or no water, will inflate and shrink, disintegration is only indicator of death