Royal Gramma&Fire goby

spw4949 · 09/02/2008, 06:48 AM

What is the recommended acclimation time for these two guys? They will be the first inhabitants of my tank.

Thanks.

greggnyce · 09/02/2008, 07:35 AM

If you have the space you should quarintine new fish for a month. Take a paice of airline tubing, start a syphon with it then tie a knot to control the flow. Get it down to a drip and place it in a container with the fish and some of the water they were purchased in. The container will fill and you can discard the water to make more room for new water coming in. After about 45 min- an hour you should be ok.

phish guy · 09/02/2008, 07:45 AM

drip method is best, nice and slow. i bypassed the knots and just use an air valve. works the same and easier to control. but quaratining first is best.

spw4949 · 09/02/2008, 07:52 AM

Sounds good, will def quarantine, thanks alot.

Sk8r · 09/02/2008, 07:56 AM

Use only plastic air valve: salt water aggressively dissolves metals into the water.

If you pre-set your quarantine tank salinity to match that of your local fish store, you can shorten acclimation time considerably. You then, during the quarantine, over a period of weeks, adjust the salinity to match your tank.

09/02/2008, 06:48 AM	#1
spw4949 Registered Member. Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Albany, N.Y. Posts: 1,594	Royal Gramma&Fire goby What is the recommended acclimation time for these two guys? They will be the first inhabitants of my tank. Thanks. __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 46 gal bowfront, mixed reef, 2x250W current outer orbit w/4x39W T5 ,10 gal fuge....38 gallon aggressive FOWLR, 10 gallon sump.

09/02/2008, 07:35 AM	#2
greggnyce Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bellport, New York Posts: 1,782	If you have the space you should quarintine new fish for a month. Take a paice of airline tubing, start a syphon with it then tie a knot to control the flow. Get it down to a drip and place it in a container with the fish and some of the water they were purchased in. The container will fill and you can discard the water to make more room for new water coming in. After about 45 min- an hour you should be ok. __________________ What you talkin about Mrs Lime. Current Tank Info: 120 gl oceanic tech, 30 gallon fuge, 40 gallon sump, Itech 200 skimmer, LED Lighting . Mixed reef.

09/02/2008, 07:45 AM	#3
phish guy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South NJ Posts: 1,003	drip method is best, nice and slow. i bypassed the knots and just use an air valve. works the same and easier to control. but quaratining first is best. __________________ Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon Reef, Reeftech LEDs ( on their way out for reefbreeder Photons), Reef Octoput NWB250, Custom made Sump/Refufium, Mp40wES, Koralia's. SPS, LPS, Zoas/Palys

09/02/2008, 07:52 AM	#4
spw4949 Registered Member. Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Albany, N.Y. Posts: 1,594	Sounds good, will def quarantine, thanks alot. __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 46 gal bowfront, mixed reef, 2x250W current outer orbit w/4x39W T5 ,10 gal fuge....38 gallon aggressive FOWLR, 10 gallon sump.

09/02/2008, 07:56 AM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Use only plastic air valve: salt water aggressively dissolves metals into the water. If you pre-set your quarantine tank salinity to match that of your local fish store, you can shorten acclimation time considerably. You then, during the quarantine, over a period of weeks, adjust the salinity to match your tank. __________________ 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%.