acclimating fish... help pls

[Young Frankenstein]

I have success in keeping fish live with the following:
1. Bring fish home fast
2. Run ozone or do a water change the day before
3. Introduce the new fish in a hostile free environment, not the display tank, I am using a 20gl tank connected to a loop system, and after the fish gets strong I put him in the main display tank (I think this is the #1 killer) I will explain.
When a fish is introduced into the fish tank, it dosnot have a rock to himself, looking for a home. When he gets chased all over it stresses the fish to the point of no eating or just hiding and dieing. Remember fish are not humans, they eat each other, how you would feel if you knew you can be someones meal

4. Dont acclimate or wait put the fish in the water as soon as possible. Explanation : The fish has traveled from tank to tank, from another country to the USA its an immigrant thats scared. Give him a meal and let him sleep Usually fish in the bag beat them selfs trying to go to the bottom of the tank, do you really think PH makes a big difference ?

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5.Ever since I am using this method I haven't lost any fish

 

[TorryRx]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12403532#post12403532 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by coralfragger101
Several quotable quotes come to mind.

There are 101 ways to skin a cat.
Opinions are like rearends, everybody has one.

This is exactly why my signature line reads the way it does.

And one more quote. Whatever floats your boat.

I have not lost a fish due to acclimation either.

I completely agree...what works well for one reef may not work at all for another. It's just a matter of figuring out what works best for your individual system.

Oh, and BTW, I think your signature is great!!!

 

[loyalrogue]

Funny we should be discussing this right now...

I just had what should have been a disasterous acclimation story, yet it turned into a mini miracle instead.

I brought another Camelback shrimp home yesterday to add to the coral cleaning station I'm setting up.
So I had an appointment to get to, but a client calls with a server emergency first which takes hours, and then I'm late for my appointment across town... so anyway, the poor little girl is stuck in her lfs bag sitting on the bench by the front door all evening.

Well before I get home the wife finds the shrimp and "saves" it by dumping it into a net and sticking the net right into the big reef tank.
No acclimation at all... different pH, different sg, different temp.
No drip, no pray, just drop.

I finally get home a couple hours later and luckily the shrimp is still floating in the net.
This is not the tank it's supposed to go into so I put it in a cup and take it to the room and the tank it's going to eventually live in.
I add a few ounces of new tank water to the cup and then get back on the computer to check on the servers.
I get so wrapped up in work that I completely forget the shrimp all the way up until I'm on my way home from work today, almost 24 hours later!

Of course I'm expecting to find a half cup of water with a dead shrimp floating in it, right?
Well surprise, surprise! Not only is the little girl still alive, but after I dump a little fresh tank water in the cup with her I notice something else in the cup...

She had babies!
The cup is teaming with tiny little shrimp larvae.
So not only did she survive a brutal non-acclimation, followed by criminal neglect in barely a mouthful of water for a day, but the eggs and hatchlings survived the harsh treatment as well and thrived.
I was amazed to say the least.

So now that you've listened to me ramble this long, it's time for you to get to see what I saw.
Here's one of the videos I shot tonight.

CLICK TO WATCH



Enjoy!

 

[gasman059]

pretty coool

 

[Young Frankenstein]

nice !!!

 

[lpsluver]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12404759#post12404759 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 0 Agios
I...do you really think PH makes a big difference ?

Um...yeah I do. A 0.1 difference in pH is a 10 fold difference. Drop a fish from a bag who's pH is 7.8 into a tank that is 8.3 and you can have some trouble. That is a 50 fold difference. Yeah it could be a big problem. Why do you think you pH balance the water you do fresh water dips in? You talk about introduction to a stress free environment and then introduce a fish to a tremendous chemical stress?

 

[coralfragger101]

Sweet Deal.

Buy a shrimp - get some free fish food.

 

[Young Frankenstein]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12407341#post12407341 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lpsluver
Um...yeah I do. A 0.1 difference in pH is a 10 fold difference. Drop a fish from a bag who's pH is 7.8 into a tank that is 8.3 and you can have some trouble. That is a 50 fold difference. Yeah it could be a big problem. Why do you think you pH balance the water you do fresh water dips in? You talk about introduction to a stress free environment and then introduce a fish to a tremendous chemical stress?

Ph doubles every .3 points so from 7.8 to 8.3 ph has doubled