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neoprodigy
04-23-2005, 2:10 AM
How you acclimate your fish? you quarantine your fish b4 add to your main tank?
piranha45
04-23-2005, 2:17 AM
sometimes i acclimate, most of the time i just throw the fish and the water it was in into the tank. never bothered with quarantining.
sometimes i acclimate, most of the time i just throw the fish and the water it was in into the tank. never bothered with quarantining.
Same here, if they are big and healthy and going into a healthy tank thier shouldn't be a problem. Knock on wood. Remember that I got most of my fish for free. If you have a tank full of pricey fish I don't think you should listen to me.
redtailfool
04-23-2005, 7:44 AM
I dont have a quarantine tank but i do acclimate... if its hardy fishes i use the cup method but if its rays then i use the drip method and run for 1 1/2 hours to 2, making sure the water in the bag is the same as in the tank .
pufferking
04-23-2005, 9:24 AM
somtimes i quarentine or acclimate
BigMOCats
04-24-2005, 7:00 PM
Accclimate all fishes, usually with drip line but sometimes with add water to bag method(cheaper fish). Quarantine most of the time, have 3 30g tanks always running for quarantining. After 30+ years of fishkeeping, I live by the "better safe than sorry" way of thinking.
Scott
rayman45
04-24-2005, 7:40 PM
umm
most fish i float for 30 mins and dump them in
rays i drip for an hour
expencive cats get driped
all fish that were shipped to me get dripped
Jay R.
04-26-2005, 3:10 AM
I usually float for 20-30 minutes, and pour tem in letting only a little LFS water in the tank as posible. i recently tried to pour into a bucket and net, he was a royal gramma that was supposed to be very hardy, he's the only sal I've lost so far, 2 days after dropping in the tank. i think he was shocked by all the movment. setting up a quarentine tank tommorrow. gonna just drop fish and water in there after floating and treat the tank as needed.
truman
05-07-2005, 12:48 AM
Usually just chuck the new fish in if they're from a hobbyist....
Steve_89
05-07-2005, 2:33 AM
I usually just float for 30 mins. Unless its a real big fish. In that case I usually just chuck em in.
bsplenden
05-07-2005, 9:13 AM
It depends on what type of fish I got myself.
If they are hardy fishes like Polypterus, snakeheads, etc, I just throw them in.
If they are tricky fishes, then have to acclimatize.
Just dump the whole bag into the tank with water and wait for it to reach the temperature of the tank. Then pour some water in. And wait. And pour again, and wait. And so on. Then pour everything into the tank.
Some people don't recommend pouring everything into the tank because the water from the LFS might be contaminated with some disease. But I don't usually care. The water from my LFS is quite ok so far. No problem with them.
guppy
05-07-2005, 10:38 AM
With snakeheads you know they acclimated once you can send them out to fetch groceries and they rob the local 711
bsplenden
05-07-2005, 12:40 PM
With snakeheads you know they acclimated once you can send them out to fetch groceries and they rob the local 711
haha... That is for most snakeheads.
The dwarf snakeheads are a bit more timid, so its better not to stress them too much.