For delicate, expensive, or young fish I always drip them. For the rest, I just float the bag, double the amount of water with tank water, and wait 30min to an hour. I also add an airstone to the drip bucket and found it makes a big difference.
To Drip Or Not To Drip Whats The Best!
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I'm with a few of you on this one.
Float bag for 10-20mins, add tank water, float more, drain some from bag(Into sink, not tank) so I can add more tank water, float more, drain more from bag, add more tank water... Usually just a few times, then I remove bag, net the fish and place in the tank. I have had fish eat food minutes after doing this so it can't be *that* bad. These were all fairly inexpensive <$40 fish, and most are considered hardy fish.
However when I had SW fish, I did a sort of drip method. I just put the fish in a 5g bucket with the water from the bag, then added a cup of tank water every so often until there was more tank water than bag water left. Then let that sit for a while, then netted the fish and placed in tank. Discarding the water from the bucket.
Now, if I were dealing with Rays (Which I will tackle some day hopefully), or other highly expensive sensitive fish I would do the drip method hands down. Way to high of a risk for the sensitive types and especially financially when you consider even a basic Ray is 5x the most I've personally spent on a fish.
Float bag for 10-20mins, add tank water, float more, drain some from bag(Into sink, not tank) so I can add more tank water, float more, drain more from bag, add more tank water... Usually just a few times, then I remove bag, net the fish and place in the tank. I have had fish eat food minutes after doing this so it can't be *that* bad. These were all fairly inexpensive <$40 fish, and most are considered hardy fish.
However when I had SW fish, I did a sort of drip method. I just put the fish in a 5g bucket with the water from the bag, then added a cup of tank water every so often until there was more tank water than bag water left. Then let that sit for a while, then netted the fish and placed in tank. Discarding the water from the bucket.
Now, if I were dealing with Rays (Which I will tackle some day hopefully), or other highly expensive sensitive fish I would do the drip method hands down. Way to high of a risk for the sensitive types and especially financially when you consider even a basic Ray is 5x the most I've personally spent on a fish.
It was my first time doing drip with my recent kelberi and azul pickups and its alot easier the conventional float. All it is siphon with airline tube and not it to your speed. i do about 1 drip a sec til the water doubles and bam! done son!!!
