Re: [Killietalk] How to acclimate killies

["Doug De Silva" <thekillieman at gawab_com>]

I'd do a combo; both splash but at the same time add a little water to the
bag every 15-30 minutes 3 times and a drop of Amquel plus (or ammonia lock,
same thing practically) per bag. Never lost a fish in my 10 years of doing
it.

Everyone seems like has their own acclimation method. I think it is good to
incorporate methods so you don't shock the fish. Works!!!

Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kray, Edd" <Edd_Kray at rf.doe.gov>
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 11:04 AM
Subject: RE: [Killietalk] How to acclimate killies


> I started to get skeptical about published acclimatization techniques
> when I started snorkeling in Hawaii and observed that these reef fish
> who were supposed to be living in such constant environments (per the
> textbooks) were, like me, swimming from water layers that varied in
> temperature and salinity by large amounts: 90 degrees at the surface to
> 70 a few feet down. Normal sea water density to some pretty fresh water
> near stream inlets.
>
> Yes, I too just dump my fish in the tank.
>
> I think its nervous system shock that effects some fish occasionally
> upon introduction (like chocolate gouramis). Killies (most) seem not to
> be so emotionally fragile.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: matt kaufman [mailto:igotadose at hotmail_com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:51 AM
> To: killietalk at aka_org
> Subject: [Killietalk] How to acclimate killies
>
> Might as well get another thread going...
>
> When I first kept killies, I did the 'cup at a time' acclimation the pet
>
> shop people told me about (what did I know.) Then, from the predecessor
> of
> this list, I learned about drip acclimation and I used it for years ->
> frankly, not always with good results. Some fish refused to acclimate, I
>
> remember my first AUS that I tried to keep in my liquid rock tapwater
> curled
> up, went blind and died. Some turned crispy after escaping from the
> acclimation setup (usually a jar, a lid, and a drip line of airline
> tubing.
> Lids can come off inadvertently :-( )
>
> Last year, I asked some experienced, very successful killi keepers how
> they
> acclimate new fish.
> The surprising answer was: "Splash acclimation." Get the fish home,
> float
> the bag to equalize the temp, then let them go.
>
> I was skeptical, till I tried it for the last few pairs of fish I've
> picked
> up this year, including some that traveled from NJ to Seattle recently.
>
> No losses. No illness. Happy robust fish within  minutes of being
> acclimated.
>
> Does anyone else 'splash acclimate' their fish? I've personally had fish
>
> 'splash acclimate' themselves from one tank to another, and it never
> seemed
> to affect them -> fish could jump from softwater tanks to african
> cichlid
> tanks, and vice versa (leleupi love gardneri fry :-( ) without any
> problems.
>
> Maybe we're all just propagating hearsay. I've seen discus acclimated
> via
> splash acclimation without losses, too.
>
> Matt
>
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