Fish aclimation after 6 hr drive

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Were working out of town and found some fish i have to have i bought a minnow bucket with aerator but not sure the best way to acclimate. I done have much time to research today so j figured id ask the experts

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after 6 hours my main concern would be temperature...depending on the minnow bucket, you should be able to float it until it stabilizes. regardless of the float/temp issue, I would remove about 5-10% of the existing water in the minnow bucket, and then add 5-10% of your aquarium water to it...at intervals of 5-10 minutes for an hour. Should do the trick. Might be worth it to transfer them to bags so you can float them when you get home, but that's a lot of transferring in a short amount of time. Good luck! What'd ya get?
 
Nothing special really and not sure if ill get anything else. Few clown loaches a african leaf for a buddy. All the clown loaches i can find close are tooo small he has a lot of different sized all the way up to some 4 inchers...... but it all depends they have a very good selection of monsters but most are already grown except for there arrows and clown knives.

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Dial92 said:
drip acclimate with a air line
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Tie a small loose knot in the line right before the output into the bucket to ensure a slow and steady drip, instead of a stream.

About 30 mins or so of this should be sufficient but depending on your temp difference it could take up to an hour; after you're done just net your fish out and drop them in the tank.

A lot of people will say its unnecessary and that its only needed with salt water fish but I drip acclimate all new additions now and have yet to loose a fish.
 
Thats cool i have yet to try it but i got 3 or the drip acclimater sets. They was in the stand of my 150 when i brought it home a few weeks ago

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