"DRIP METHOD" HELP
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fedukeford
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IMO its the best. If you ordered from a well good site it will most likely come with a acclimation kit. All you really need is a 3' piece of tubing, and a algea clip or suction cup. IMO do an hour for fish, a little more for inverts and SPS, and a little less for LPS and softies
maeistero
Active Member
get a spring loaded little clamp, about 10ft airhose and a bucket. use the clamp to secure the air hose to your tank (i sometimes use the light fixture or whatever. then tie a simple pretzel knot in the airline and start your siphon (suck it). leave the fish in the bags in the bucket to start your temperature adjustment. then you'll need to adjust the tightness on your knot until it's a slow drip. empty the bucket of tankwater when you get the drip real slow. watch them and let the water into the bags slowly.
imho, that's how i do it.
imho, that's how i do it.
fedukeford
Active Member
IMO= in my opinion
sepulatian
Moderator
Drip method is very easy. I usually do a 2-3hr acclimation. More so for inverts, 4+ for stars. Once the syphon is going, you can walk away. Just keep an eye on how fast the drip is going. You will learn pretty quickly how much drip there should be for the apropriate time of acclimation. After that you don't have to "babysit" the bucket. You can walk away and do whatever you need to do.
maeistero
Active Member
forgot to mention that..
if you want to get really crazy about it take water samples from each bag and test those while the individual buckets are dripping. if your tests come up different, then you know that you'll need to quarantine each bucket for awhile. sometimes people don't think about it when they order online, but collectors may have several different areas and you wouldn't want to mix the microscopic creatures.
i usually do let my drips go by themselves, but i'm busy doing this testing and a waterchange at the time. my workshop
if you want to get really crazy about it take water samples from each bag and test those while the individual buckets are dripping. if your tests come up different, then you know that you'll need to quarantine each bucket for awhile. sometimes people don't think about it when they order online, but collectors may have several different areas and you wouldn't want to mix the microscopic creatures.
i usually do let my drips go by themselves, but i'm busy doing this testing and a waterchange at the time. my workshop
sepulatian
Moderator
Originally Posted by maeistero
forgot to mention that..
if you want to get really crazy about it take water samples from each bag and test those while the individual buckets are dripping. if your tests come up different, then you know that you'll need to quarantine each bucket for awhile. sometimes people don't think about it when they order online, but collectors may have several different areas and you wouldn't want to mix the microscopic creatures.
i usually do let my drips go by themselves, but i'm busy doing this testing and a waterchange at the time. my workshop
Ok Maeistero now we got into quarentine. Quarentine each bucket? All new inhabitants should be going into quarentine together
Unless you have five bags from five different companies I do not find it at all necessary to do everyone seperately. Most lfs's, companies, and distributors for that matter run most of their tanks through the same system. No need to do different acclimation for each bag unless they came from different places.
forgot to mention that..
if you want to get really crazy about it take water samples from each bag and test those while the individual buckets are dripping. if your tests come up different, then you know that you'll need to quarantine each bucket for awhile. sometimes people don't think about it when they order online, but collectors may have several different areas and you wouldn't want to mix the microscopic creatures.
i usually do let my drips go by themselves, but i'm busy doing this testing and a waterchange at the time. my workshop
Ok Maeistero now we got into quarentine. Quarentine each bucket? All new inhabitants should be going into quarentine together
suicidepotato
Member
Hello, I am getting my crabs snail and starfish today, I stopped at the local hospital and picked up an IV line,(new),,,I plan on taking the drip- restrictor off of the IV line and useing this,,,does this sound like it will work???
f14peter
Member
I use some airline and a small fitting with a screw-valve I got from the LFS. Once the syphon is started, closing the valve doesn't kill it so it's very easy.
I'll drip some in, close the valve, drip some more in 10-15 minutes later, close the valve, drip some in . . .
Every once in a while I'll also pull some water out of the acclimation container so that the proportion of my water slowly gets greater and greater.
Also, my acclimation bucket is two Tuperware containers, one inside the other. I drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom of the inner container, so when it comes time to put the fish in the tank, I can merely lift the inner container out, the acclimation water drains out, and I can either pour the fish in the tank or place the container in and let the little buggers swim out. This reduces to an absolute minimum any potential of the store/shipping water getting into the tank.
I'll drip some in, close the valve, drip some more in 10-15 minutes later, close the valve, drip some in . . .
Every once in a while I'll also pull some water out of the acclimation container so that the proportion of my water slowly gets greater and greater.
Also, my acclimation bucket is two Tuperware containers, one inside the other. I drilled a bunch of holes in the bottom of the inner container, so when it comes time to put the fish in the tank, I can merely lift the inner container out, the acclimation water drains out, and I can either pour the fish in the tank or place the container in and let the little buggers swim out. This reduces to an absolute minimum any potential of the store/shipping water getting into the tank.
craig7220
Member
Originally Posted by suicidepotato
Hello, I am getting my crabs snail and starfish today, I stopped at the local hospital and picked up an IV line,(new),,,I plan on taking the drip- restrictor off of the IV line and useing this,,,does this sound like it will work???
Yep, I've used an IV line with drip restrictor for years. Works great.
Hello, I am getting my crabs snail and starfish today, I stopped at the local hospital and picked up an IV line,(new),,,I plan on taking the drip- restrictor off of the IV line and useing this,,,does this sound like it will work???
Yep, I've used an IV line with drip restrictor for years. Works great.
waterworld
Member
F14Peter hit the point with you do not want to add the water your fish shipped in into your tank. Do the drip acclimation then add the fish to your tank and throw away the acclimation water. Avoid nets if possible they can damage fins, scales etc. You do not want to introduce BAD things that may be in the water into your system.
Good Luck,
WW
Good Luck,
WW
