Acclimation kills a lot of fish that arrived perfectly healthy.
Use a refractometer. Don't 'guess' with a swing-arm. They're treacherous.
If your qt salinity matches the fish salinity within .001, Do Not Acclimate. Float the still-sealed bag for 15 minutes to equalize temperature, then put the fish into qt.
Be clever. ASK your fish store their salinity before you buy. Phone and ask the shipper. They know these things. Pre-set your qt to match.
Test your arriving fish against that number, just to be sure. Test your own qt just to be sure.
If there is only a .001 difference or less, do not acclimate. Put the fish into qt immediately.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE PERMIT A SHIPPED FISH TO ACCLIMATE MORE THAN 30 MINUTES!
PH generally is not an issue.
Use a refractometer. Don't 'guess' with a swing-arm. They're treacherous.
If your qt salinity matches the fish salinity within .001, Do Not Acclimate. Float the still-sealed bag for 15 minutes to equalize temperature, then put the fish into qt.
Be clever. ASK your fish store their salinity before you buy. Phone and ask the shipper. They know these things. Pre-set your qt to match.
Test your arriving fish against that number, just to be sure. Test your own qt just to be sure.
If there is only a .001 difference or less, do not acclimate. Put the fish into qt immediately.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE PERMIT A SHIPPED FISH TO ACCLIMATE MORE THAN 30 MINUTES!
PH generally is not an issue.
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