Acclimation time
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fedukeford
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45min-1 hour
05xrunner
Active Member
10-15min bag float and in they go.
I dont care what everyone says about taking an hour to drip it and everything.
I have had saltwater tanks for many years. Plus many exotic things such as Octopus and everything. Never done anything other than this and never had any problem with any of my fish or inverts this way.
I dont care what everyone says about taking an hour to drip it and everything.
I have had saltwater tanks for many years. Plus many exotic things such as Octopus and everything. Never done anything other than this and never had any problem with any of my fish or inverts this way.
eaglewonj
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Well, most of my personal experience has been with fresh. It was about 30-45 minutes of bag float with a cup of water from aquarium into the bag every 10-15 minutes. Then net the fish and put em in... never lost one.
Now salt, my dad has done for over 20 years. He did bag float too, but his was about an hour float with water added every 10 minutes. Again net and in. He doesn't recall loosing any in the first month... So it works, but he always bought from the same store and to his memory his tanks and theirs had the same temp and salinity and aimed for the same pH. That probably helped immensly. Just had to deal with temp change from the trip home. He always talked with the guy at the store and saw the store water parameters and matched them.
As for me with the fresh....well many came from *****, but some from other stores and I never "synched" water parameters. However, drip makes sense as a more gradual peaceful method. That being said, bag float works....
Now salt, my dad has done for over 20 years. He did bag float too, but his was about an hour float with water added every 10 minutes. Again net and in. He doesn't recall loosing any in the first month... So it works, but he always bought from the same store and to his memory his tanks and theirs had the same temp and salinity and aimed for the same pH. That probably helped immensly. Just had to deal with temp change from the trip home. He always talked with the guy at the store and saw the store water parameters and matched them.
As for me with the fresh....well many came from *****, but some from other stores and I never "synched" water parameters. However, drip makes sense as a more gradual peaceful method. That being said, bag float works....