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08/08/2008, 07:44 PM
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Acclimation help.....please
bought a fish tonight.... just got home....
my water is 1.025 the water the fish came in is 1.031 how long should I drip for? How slowly.. 1 drops per how many seconds to start out with. he is floating right now. |
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08/08/2008, 08:11 PM
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I don't know the proper way to do it but I brought a purple tang back from the beach in 1.014 and brought it up to 1.024 in about 3 to 4 hours at about a medium to fast drip how quick it comes up depends on how much water the fish is in mine was in about a gallon and took for ever I kept taking water off of the fish so the salinity would rise hope this helps
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08/08/2008, 08:14 PM
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A couple drops a second for 3-4 hour does the trick in most cases. Make sure you turn the tank lights off when you do add the new fish into the tank to lower the stress level.
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08/08/2008, 08:32 PM
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Thank you that is what I thought. I just wanted to make sure.
Took four knots to get the water to drip slow enough
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Amber Current Tank Info: 75 gallon Bean's Overflow 30 gallon sump , 75 pounds live rock, 2 clowns,1 female Bangai, flametail blenny, and Yellow tang. |
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08/08/2008, 08:37 PM
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Wow! That's really unusual to see a fish come in higher than 1.022-1.026. Be very careful of ph. If that starts rising or falling, be careful. That's almost as dangerous as the salinity: but salinity needs to match within about .001.
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
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08/08/2008, 09:14 PM
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sk8r I always read it was more likely they would be low on salinity never thought of high. My ph and thiers is only 0.2 difference. So I figure not so bad.
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Amber Current Tank Info: 75 gallon Bean's Overflow 30 gallon sump , 75 pounds live rock, 2 clowns,1 female Bangai, flametail blenny, and Yellow tang. |
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08/08/2008, 10:49 PM
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UMMMM>>> its getting to be that time... I should have asked earlier but...
if you are not sapposed to net a fish and you should not pour it and water into your tank how do you get it from point a to b?
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