Don't worry that del will quickly catch and bypass the sen. Nice looking poly!
Shipped delhezi acclimation?
- Thread starter SwampFins
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Great looking Delhezi.
Im very interested in learning more about the drip acclimation being a bad thing. I really like drip acclimation and usually add an air stone to the 5gal bucket that the fish is in. Could someone please link an article for when drip acclimation is/is not appropriate?
How would you acclimate if pH is drastically different? Ex) 5.4 vs. 7.8
Im very interested in learning more about the drip acclimation being a bad thing. I really like drip acclimation and usually add an air stone to the 5gal bucket that the fish is in. Could someone please link an article for when drip acclimation is/is not appropriate?
How would you acclimate if pH is drastically different? Ex) 5.4 vs. 7.8
I was fortunate to order from the Wetspot because their acclamation instructions were very understandable. Was surprised at the ph I tested out of the shipping bag. The ph matched the area in my area. If the ph was a bit lower or higher they advised to acclimate no more than 5% of the water for atleast 45 minutes. In the case of 5.4 in the bag to my tap 7.8 I personally would drip acclimate for hours.
Especially if they are sensitive for example Cardinal Tetra's.
I got an order from the Wetspot for a WC delhezi, WC retro, and CB lap. Here are the parameters from the 3 bags with about 1/3 gallon of water:
1-2ppm ammonia
~7.0 PH
140ppm TDS
~ 76F
I set aside a bucket of 1-2g tank water with methlene blue dosed at 1ml per gallon. Here are the parameters of the tank water:
0ppm ammonia
~ 7.8 PH
400ppm TDS (yes I have hard water)
~79F
I opened the bag and immediately dumped the fish into the net (dumping the water out into a different bucket below the net). I then put the bichir into the 1-2 g bucket for 1 hour. I did the same for the other 2 bichirs. I then put them into the QT tank, and have had no issues in the past 6 weeks or so.
Moving from a lower TDS to a higher TDS is not much of an issue with osmotic shock since the higher TDS water will prevent them from losing minerals too fast due to stress. I only worry about osmotic shock if the fish are being moved from a higher TDS to a lower TDS value (greater than 50 ppm). You can use dissolved salt to increase the TDS. Moving from cooler water to warmer water isn't much of a shock for most fish, especially if the temperature difference is 5 degrees or less.
Why is drip acclimatization a bad thing? It's bad when there is bound ammonia in the water (due to lower ph). As the PH rises, the ammonia is released from its chemical bond, and becomes toxic. If you haven't dosed the bag with a drop of water conditioner that binds ammonia, the ammonia will stay toxic and hurt the fish. The only time I use drip acclimatization is when the water that the fish are in (bag) has more than 50ppm TDS than the tank water. Even then I make sure that the new water is no more than 50ppm in difference, and through water changes over the course of a few days to week, slowly bring the tank down in TDS to its normal state.
1-2ppm ammonia
~7.0 PH
140ppm TDS
~ 76F
I set aside a bucket of 1-2g tank water with methlene blue dosed at 1ml per gallon. Here are the parameters of the tank water:
0ppm ammonia
~ 7.8 PH
400ppm TDS (yes I have hard water)
~79F
I opened the bag and immediately dumped the fish into the net (dumping the water out into a different bucket below the net). I then put the bichir into the 1-2 g bucket for 1 hour. I did the same for the other 2 bichirs. I then put them into the QT tank, and have had no issues in the past 6 weeks or so.
Moving from a lower TDS to a higher TDS is not much of an issue with osmotic shock since the higher TDS water will prevent them from losing minerals too fast due to stress. I only worry about osmotic shock if the fish are being moved from a higher TDS to a lower TDS value (greater than 50 ppm). You can use dissolved salt to increase the TDS. Moving from cooler water to warmer water isn't much of a shock for most fish, especially if the temperature difference is 5 degrees or less.
Why is drip acclimatization a bad thing? It's bad when there is bound ammonia in the water (due to lower ph). As the PH rises, the ammonia is released from its chemical bond, and becomes toxic. If you haven't dosed the bag with a drop of water conditioner that binds ammonia, the ammonia will stay toxic and hurt the fish. The only time I use drip acclimatization is when the water that the fish are in (bag) has more than 50ppm TDS than the tank water. Even then I make sure that the new water is no more than 50ppm in difference, and through water changes over the course of a few days to week, slowly bring the tank down in TDS to its normal state.
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