This is simply a question open to all to give their opinions about acclimating!!
I would like to restock a tank of mine that has gone through a small crash (sadly) and would like to see about picking up 10 bleeding heart tetras. They would go through a whole acclimation and quarantining process however due to their expensive price per fish, i would really like to just know if most are wild caught or not, i read breeding in the home aquaria is very rare and i know that wild caught fish are less likely to adapt to things like pH and simply die. My pH in my water stays at around 8-8.2 and my water is actually very very soft because it goes through water softener. I keep all sorts of tetras, loaches, some dwarf puffers and bettas, even angels and different catfish. Everything i have bought so far seems to love my water! But I am just nervous i guess to spend upwards of 40+ dollars on a group of these fish to have them die in the quarantine period. x,x
If anyone knows the best way to acclimate fish let me know! Everyone has different ways and thoughts on the subject so i'd love to hear it. Do you drip your fish? Simply float them? Or like Rachel O'Leary and just drop and plop? Personally, i have used all these methods and had equal amounts of success tbh. Although when i simply "plop and drop", i find the fish enter the tank less stressed as odd as that sounds. They often take food right away and rather than hide and become visually stressed, they seem to be exploring their new home and inspecting current inhabitants.
I would like to restock a tank of mine that has gone through a small crash (sadly) and would like to see about picking up 10 bleeding heart tetras. They would go through a whole acclimation and quarantining process however due to their expensive price per fish, i would really like to just know if most are wild caught or not, i read breeding in the home aquaria is very rare and i know that wild caught fish are less likely to adapt to things like pH and simply die. My pH in my water stays at around 8-8.2 and my water is actually very very soft because it goes through water softener. I keep all sorts of tetras, loaches, some dwarf puffers and bettas, even angels and different catfish. Everything i have bought so far seems to love my water! But I am just nervous i guess to spend upwards of 40+ dollars on a group of these fish to have them die in the quarantine period. x,x
If anyone knows the best way to acclimate fish let me know! Everyone has different ways and thoughts on the subject so i'd love to hear it. Do you drip your fish? Simply float them? Or like Rachel O'Leary and just drop and plop? Personally, i have used all these methods and had equal amounts of success tbh. Although when i simply "plop and drop", i find the fish enter the tank less stressed as odd as that sounds. They often take food right away and rather than hide and become visually stressed, they seem to be exploring their new home and inspecting current inhabitants.