Daven
Aquarium Advice Freak
So ive been starting to touch a bit more into more sensitive fish where acclimation could be the difference between them living or losing a bunch. I was going to start doing the drip acclimation method, but it seems like it would allow the temps to drop to room temp where, depending on the tank and outside temp, temps could be upwards of a 10+ degree difference. So if it dropped back down to room temp i would then have to rebag and float in the tank? Seems like more stress on the fish transferring so many times, no matter the carefulness
Ill mention how i have been doing my acclimations... I would use a tupperware container that bags from the fish stores usually fill a little under halfway, and transfer the fish and water to that. Then put the lid on and float it in the tank. Id then use a small container or cup (lets say 2" squared?) and use that to add tank water every 10 minutes or so to the fish container while it is able to float in the tank in between. What is the lesser evil, the larger doses of tank water at a time my way, or the temp difference of the slow drip method?
Ill mention how i have been doing my acclimations... I would use a tupperware container that bags from the fish stores usually fill a little under halfway, and transfer the fish and water to that. Then put the lid on and float it in the tank. Id then use a small container or cup (lets say 2" squared?) and use that to add tank water every 10 minutes or so to the fish container while it is able to float in the tank in between. What is the lesser evil, the larger doses of tank water at a time my way, or the temp difference of the slow drip method?