Acro's,how long out of water?

[stingythingy45]

Looking to mount one one a LR that I didn't have much luck doing underwater.
Going to try the purple 2 part epoxy this time out of water.When I glued this frag to a plg with super glue gel I had it out for about 5 minutes.

 

[pvh]

I've heard they can be out for a few hours during low tide.

 

[bigdog]

i wood say no longer than 10 minutes but pvh is right i seen it on discovery ch

 

[Miller]

I wouldn't worry about 5 minutes. I've had some out of water for fraggin and mounting to plugs for way longer.

A while back I forgot about a frag that I mounted for about 40 minutes, poor thing sat on the table in the basement all alone with no water. It's still growing today!

 

[stingythingy45]

Thanks guys,
If I recall,I do remember seeing pictures of acro's out of the water for extended periods on a nature channel.I just pulled some tank maintanance,skimmer,paramaters...ect.I'm going to do this a little later on today.I have 2 to mount.

 

[afboundguy]

5 mins is nothing. Don't sweat it...

 

[Ronnie]

Try 3 hours out of water and still alive in my tank AKA stag I thought I killed it but still kicking. I love stags.

 

[stingythingy45]

Try 3 hours out of water and still alive in my tank AKA stag I thought I killed it but still kicking. I love stags.

Well Ronnie,the acro's lasted longer than the birdsnest.
But at least I still have some sps(knock on wood).

 

[stingythingy45]

And guess what?
I never did get those acro's mounted.
Ended up trouble shooting my surround sound.
Oh well........it's a long weekend.

 

[JohnK]

I watched Jay move one of his tanks reccently. A whole pile of acro colonies in a DRY rubbermaid for an hour or so, no problems.

 

[JayM]

, what John said.

IME, they actually slime (stress) LESS when you pull them out of water completely when moving them. YMMV. Every coral I pulled out that day (and again on the move back a few weeks later) is doing well, with one exception...a millie that got the crap stung out of it by a RBTA

 

[stingythingy45]

, what John said.

IME, they actually slime (stress) LESS when you pull them out of water completely when moving them. YMMV. Every coral I pulled out that day (and again on the move back a few weeks later) is doing well, with one exception...a millie that got the crap stung out of it by a RBTA

Cool,I got them done today.
I just let them sit on the newpaper till the epoxy cured in 5-8 minutes.
THey slimmed some when I put the LR back into the tank.But they're fine now.
I like that purple coralline colored epoxy.