Acclimation help.....please

[macchicks]

bought a fish tonight.... just got home....

my water is 1.025 the water the fish came in is 1.031

how long should I drip for? How slowly.. 1 drops per how many seconds to start out with.

he is floating right now.

 

[jettster]

I don't know the proper way to do it but I brought a purple tang back from the beach in 1.014 and brought it up to 1.024 in about 3 to 4 hours at about a medium to fast drip how quick it comes up depends on how much water the fish is in mine was in about a gallon and took for ever I kept taking water off of the fish so the salinity would rise hope this helps

 

[Andrew]

A couple drops a second for 3-4 hour does the trick in most cases. Make sure you turn the tank lights off when you do add the new fish into the tank to lower the stress level.

 

[macchicks]

Thank you that is what I thought. I just wanted to make sure.
Took four knots to get the water to drip slow enough

 

[Sk8r]

Wow! That's really unusual to see a fish come in higher than 1.022-1.026. Be very careful of ph. If that starts rising or falling, be careful. That's almost as dangerous as the salinity: but salinity needs to match within about .001.

 

[macchicks]

sk8r I always read it was more likely they would be low on salinity never thought of high. My ph and thiers is only 0.2 difference. So I figure not so bad.

 

[macchicks]

UMMMM>>> its getting to be that time... I should have asked earlier but...

if you are not sapposed to net a fish and you should not pour it and water into your tank how do you get it from point a to b?