how long do you aclimate for?

[Onion01]

thats how i do it ZCciVic22 but with my diy acclimator
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97723

midnight, you are the DIY master!

 

[midnight]

lol thanks
i been like that 4 ever on everything i do.lol

 

[killerfish]

i go about 10 mins then i take about 1/3 of the water out of the bag and put water from the tank into the bag then waiting 5 mins i do that like 2-3 times depending on the type of fish

 

[Acer]

I turn the lights off and but the bag in the tank for 15-20 minutes to adjust the temperature. Then I slowly add tank water to the bag for maybe 20 minutes.

So around 40 minutes?

I am pretty patient about it... no point in rushing!

 

[Burtess]

~20 minutes of floating to even temperatures, then pour the fish into a net over a bucket, and in the tank the fish goes....

Burt

 

[Bsixxx]

depends on the fish i have..I acclimated my armats for two day's, my cichlids just 30 mins.

 

[dchaos52]

well for feeders i like to just toss them in the shock of the new water makes for and interesting feeding time
for fish i want to live i slow drip for about 30 then net them into the tank

lol so mean

 

[Bderick67]

It varies, for fish for the LFS usually 15-20 minutes to float bag in the quarentine tank. When I got my black aro last year it took me about 4 hours to acclimate, but I did not want to lose a $250 fisjh.

 

[Mystix212]

I drop the bag into the tank, observe the fish, and by the end of that its already 10+ minutes. I then get a '1 cup' (250mL) yellow cooking cup and keep taking and adding water for a few minutes.

 

[ironmunki]

Normally about 15-20 mins. The more precious the fish, the longer he stays in the bag until i'm sure the temp is right.