I just got a couple of FH's from fedex this morning, the fish are alive. Just wondering how to acclimate them to my tank properly. There water is all blue. I'm guessing they put a chemical in it to keep them less stressed. Do I just add water to there bags and float them for awhile? Can some of that old blue water get mixed into my tank? Will it harm my tank at all? There in my 125.
New Fish in the mail today Need Help!
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drip method is best. take a piece of airline tubing, loosly tie it in a know so it drips very very slowly, and have it drip in the bag. when it fills up empty some of it, and keep going. i take at least an hour when i get my fish in the mail
Drip method as Lepisosteus said but instead of a knot you can use the valves that come with air pumps to control air flow. Set it to drip at about 1 drip per second. I'd continue the drip method until you have dripped in at least 3x volume of their transport bag.