New Fish Order

[Words]

Received a new fish order today at UPS. Went home to open it up and the bag has several very tiny holes in it leaking water. Dont want to acclimate the fish in the tank now because the water will get in my tank water. The fish is a 10 incher, btw, so it's a pretty huge bag of water.

What to do here?

 

[Piscine]

Put some tank water in a bucket and acclimate away.

 

[Piscine]

I never float fish anyway. I always dump them in a bucket and drip acclimate with a piece of airline & a clothes pin to slow the flow down by kinking the air line.

 

[Words]

I never float fish anyway. I always dump them in a bucket and drip acclimate with a piece of airline & a clothes pin to slow the flow down by kinking the air line.

Here is a link to a write-up I did on another forum.

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/*************/showthread.php?t=62202&highlight=drip+acclimation

Good idea, thanks for the help.

 

[TheSwampFox]

Drip acclimate in a bucket.

 

[hihi]

Good luck with the fish

 

[Chromobotia]

Drip acclimate in a bucket.

Always the way to go.