[FONT="]I am purchasing them through a reputable seller who also post on here. He has been keeping the the fish as pH 8.0! A little higher than what I have read that they should be kept. But it is how his water comes out of the tap. Where I am, water is soft and around pH 7.0.
Any suggestions as to the best way to acclimating them? I have read Mile's sticky about using the denitrators/declorinators/deammonizers in the bag upon opening it and then to net the fish out into the tank as soon as possible. I can see how Mile's explanations about how the pH can be affected with the temp/Co2/O2 relationship.
However, I've always done the method of how the sellers of the tigs' been doing it. This method would consist of emptying half the water out of the bag upon opening and float the bag in in the tank water while slowly adding a cup or so of water in the span of an hour.
So would a good compromise of the 2 to be adding a little denitrators/declorinators/deammonizers in the bag upon opening and then to flow the bag for slowing adding the tank water?
Thanks for reading!
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Any suggestions as to the best way to acclimating them? I have read Mile's sticky about using the denitrators/declorinators/deammonizers in the bag upon opening it and then to net the fish out into the tank as soon as possible. I can see how Mile's explanations about how the pH can be affected with the temp/Co2/O2 relationship.
However, I've always done the method of how the sellers of the tigs' been doing it. This method would consist of emptying half the water out of the bag upon opening and float the bag in in the tank water while slowly adding a cup or so of water in the span of an hour.
So would a good compromise of the 2 to be adding a little denitrators/declorinators/deammonizers in the bag upon opening and then to flow the bag for slowing adding the tank water?
Thanks for reading!
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