JohnRoscoe
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Jun 12, 2014
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We did some home improvement last winter which involved moving the tank twice, once out of a room, and then back in. It was hard on the tank and it's taken me about 3 months to get my water quality back where it should be. The last few weeks, everything is spot on and weekly 25% water changes and gravel vac results in a very clean looking bucket of water removed from the tank- I'm very pleased.
All that being said, I'm more nervous about adding the water from my (very reputable) LFS than I am the live stock. Does anyone have any thoughts on floating a bag in a tank to let it temperature acclimate, and then netting the fish out of the bag to put in the tank, then tossing the store water left in the bag? The reality is the fish (or plants, or inverts) are a small percentage of the total mass being added to the tank.
I realize that a quarantine tank would address this, but it's not going to happen in my circumstance, and I suspect for many others here.
All that being said, I'm more nervous about adding the water from my (very reputable) LFS than I am the live stock. Does anyone have any thoughts on floating a bag in a tank to let it temperature acclimate, and then netting the fish out of the bag to put in the tank, then tossing the store water left in the bag? The reality is the fish (or plants, or inverts) are a small percentage of the total mass being added to the tank.
I realize that a quarantine tank would address this, but it's not going to happen in my circumstance, and I suspect for many others here.