*****************s acclimation guide- just dump them in

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Check out *****************’s acclimation guide… (basically, clean your tank then dump them in)

http://www.*****************/pages/warranty.htm#top2

7. How to Unbag the Fish
1. Cut the top off of bag with a pair of scissors.
2. Pour almost all of the water from the bag into a clean bucket, but leave the fish in the bag.
3. Then pour the fish and the remaining small amount of water into your fish's new home.
4. Do not float the bag.
5. Do not slowly add your water to the bag.
6. Do not aerate the water in the bag.


Kinda weird to see an outfit in the business suggesting this....

ooh.. party foul adding a link here? xxx.*****************.xxx
trying again..."aquariumnet"
 
If those directions are real they are banking on repeat business from people who don't know better.
 
Thats usually what do with my fish unless the water temp is big diff and ive never had a problem

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Search MFK for the thread 'Acclimating LARGE fish' started by Miles. I have been using 'squirt and dump' for shipped fish, and just 'dump' for LFS fish for over 2 decades... I have never lost a fish because of acclimatization methods.


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I pour fish and bagged water in a bucket. Dump a glass of tank water in every couple minutes till I have tripled the volume. Net the fish and throw them in. It never takes more than ten minutes. I have never had a problem doing this in 44 years. Knock wood I have never introduced disease.

Edit: I have had to release some giant fish, 2 footers, directly in.
 
When i was very VERY inexperienced i dropped 8 fish from a 80degree 5gal bucket into a frigid 60degree tank. - i still have those fish to this day.

**not saying this is a good idea, just giving an example of what fish can handle haha.

Now i use the slow drip technique.
 
I have been using 'squirt and dump' for shipped fish, and just 'dump' for LFS fish for over 2 decades... I have never lost a fish because of acclimatization methods.
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ditto


I used to help a buddy who imported Asian aros unload his shipments from Singapore, fish worth thousands of dollars, that had been shipped halfway around the world, and they went straight from the bags into his holding tanks. Never once saw a stressed fish from this method.

Acclimation is generally only required when fish are going from a high pH and more importantly a high TDS, to a low TDS, which can cause osmotic shock. That, and if there's a significant difference in water temps. Otherwise most fish are better off using the net and dump method.
 
Yeah, I'm not really one to do a whole lot of acclimating. Only if there is a BIG temp difference. Otherwise.....PLOP!
 
Never had a problem plopping a fish from a bag into a tank as long as the tank water is the same or slightly warmer than the bag water. Never add the water from the bag to the tank.
 
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