Just a few quick ?s

[hillius31]

Well im ready to put my fish from my 46 gallon tank into my 75 gallon tank. I just checked the water parameters on both tank. They are very close, but not exactly the same. I planned on dripped acclimating the fish any ways. The only problem im having is that I dont know how long to drip my stone fish. What would be the best way to acclimate the fish. I have a few 5 gallon buckets laying around, should I catch them, and put them in there with just enough water out of my 46 gallon tank? Do you have to acclimate snails and hermits? Thanks for all your guys help I have been very successful and havnt lost a fish yet.
thanks again
Justin

 

[deltablack22]

Most people wont go through the trouble of drip acclimating their clean up crews. I just float 'em to get the temp the same and usually add some tank water to the bag with a cup.
You should be able to use those 5 gallon buckets to acclimate your fish as long as they dont have any soap residue in them. It may not be necessary since your going from one tank to the other but it wont hurt. If you need detailed instructions on it, the tab on the left has an "Acclimation" button that will give you a pretty good slide show on how its all done.

 

[hillius31]

Should I add one and then add the other one later on? The only thing in the 75 is some snails, a few hermits, and a snow flake eel.
thanks,
JR

 

[natclanwy]

I generally don't worry about acclimating my hermits and snails. As far as your fish go I would drip them for about 2-3hrs. This how I acclimate my fish and invertabrates, start them with just enough water to cover the fish and I would do them in seperate buckets or one at a time. I adjust my drip line so that the drips are fast but you can clearly see the seperation between the drips. Make sure that you double the water during the drip period then remove half and double it again. Be careful when you catch that stonefish that you don't get stung again