Acclimation

rykna

rykna

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I am going to be acclimating my mollies to salt....I was thinking of doing it gradually, but then I was wondering if a 2 hour drip acclimation would work too. :thinking:
The main reason I am considering this is that the males have gone from casual courting to point of well..... :scared:
 
rykna

rykna

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As of 8:20 A.M. The 3 hour drip has begun ***) I'll be posting updates every 15 to 30 minutes
 
rykna

rykna

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FW....it will depend on how things go.....I'd like to get to1.018....but if they start showing signs of stress I will halt the process and wait 15 minutes, check the S, if I have too...stop at that level and put them into the 10 gallon at the same S and start again tomorrow. :thinking:
 
rykna

rykna

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Originally Posted by Beatlesfan
If you ask me i would do it over like a whole day or even a week increasing salinity by like .002 every day.
I hear ya....and that would be the preferable thing, however, because of the stress level in the FW tank I have decided to step up the process. ***)
 
hot883

hot883

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Originally Posted by Rykna
I hear ya....and that would be the preferable thing, however, because of the stress level in the FW tank I have decided to step up the process. ***)
You can't step up the process because they will not make it.
Just like doing hypo IMO, it has to be done over weeks time not 3 hrs.
 
bronco300

bronco300

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you may be pushing it like they said..i mean if we think about it already existing saltwater fish need sometimes 3+ hrs to acclimate..i would think non saltwater would need even more
 
poniegirl

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Originally Posted by Rykna
I am going to be acclimating my mollies to salt....I was thinking of doing it gradually, but then I was wondering if a 2 hour drip acclimation would work too. :thinking:
The main reason I am considering this is that the males have gone from casual courting to point of well..... :scared:

If you fast track them, I'm afraid you will lose them.
Why are you worried about the mating activities?
 
rykna

rykna

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The males have become overly aggressive.
I have 2 females acclimating.
START time 8:20 am
1 Hour test 9:37 am
Salinity = 1.010
No signs of stress
I understand your concern...and it is well noted

If I sense any signs of rapid breathing I will stop the process. I have also added NovAqua stress relief.
I will contiue to update
 
rykna

rykna

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START time 8:20 am
1 Hour test 9:37 am
Salinity = 1.010
10:00 am
Salinity = 1.012
Both mollies are doing fine. Both are actively swimming and no hard breathing.

I also added another teaspoon of NovAqua
 
rykna

rykna

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START time 8:20 am
1 Hour test 9:37 am
Salinity = 1.010
10:00 am
Salinity = 1.012
10:30 am
Salinity = 1.014
Both mollies are doing fine. Both are actively swimming and no hard breathing.
I also added another teaspoon of NovAqua
 
rykna

rykna

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START time 8:20 am
1 Hour test 9:37 am
Salinity = 1.010
10:00 am
Salinity = 1.012
10:30 am
Salinity = 1.014
Both mollies are doing fine. Both are actively swimming and no hard breathing.
I also added another teaspoon of NovAqua
11:30 am
Salinity = 1.021
Both mollies are doing fine. Both are actively swimming and no hard breathing.
I also added another teaspoon of NovAqua
 
rykna

rykna

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START time 8:20 am
1 Hour test 9:37 am
Salinity = 1.010
10:00 am
Salinity = 1.012
10:30 am
Salinity = 1.014
Both mollies are doing fine. Both are actively swimming and no hard breathing.
I also added another teaspoon of NovAqua
11:30 am
Salinity = 1.021
Both mollies are doing fine. Both are actively swimming and no hard breathing.
I also added another teaspoon of NovAqua
Acclimation Completed!!!

12:00 pm
Salinity = 1.025
Both mollies are doing fine. Both are actively swimming and no hard breathing.
:happyfish :cheer:
 
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