Acclimating fish

[albano]

I got a fish last week. the lfs water was 1.020. Took 6 hours to acclimate the fish to 1.025. The have been eating and doing fine.

I've drip acclimated hundreds of fish (after a 10-15 minute temp acclimation) from <1.020 to 1.025 in 15-20 minutes without problems
I'm almost surprised that your fish survived a 6 hr acclimation!

 

[Pife]

Die thread!

 

[South City]

I bought this on Amazon and it does the trick. It firmly holds the bag in the water while keeping the opening above the water line. You then fill the reservoir with tank water and set the drip rate. You can find it for under $20 but it's selling for $22 at the moment.

It's not as complicated to setup as it looks. It can go from it's box to working in the tank in about 20 seconds.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005YIVJSU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So I do things slightly different. I float the bag for 20 minutes. Then drain out what I will require to drip that fish from my tank and place in a bucket. I elevate that bucket above the tank. I drip from bucket into the bag. This elevates any tempreture issues as even if he bucket water drops it won't be an issue since the bag is floating.

How do you keep a bag floating after opening? I would be especially concerned with putting copper in my tank by the bag water spilling into my tank.

I do something kind of similar, a little more ghetto. I have a 2 liter and 3 liter soda bottle that I rinsed out, and peeled the labels off. I threw away the caps, cut off the bottoms, and poked a hole on opposite sides of the bottom of the bottle and fed a piece of stiff wire through each hole . I float the bag for a half hour, then grab whichever soda bottle better fits the bag. I attach the bottle to the side by bending the wires over the edge of the sump. . I make sure the wire holes are above the water line, but the majority of the bottle is submerged. Open the bag, dump out some of the transport water, roll down the top a couple of times. Place the bag in the bottle. Drip from the tank into the bag. Use a turkey baster to remove water as the bag fills. Usually drip for about a half hour or so. Negates any possible temperature issues, since the bag is suspended in the tank water in the sump the entire time.