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Re: Acclimating to pH differences
Hello Kelly,
Darren's comments are right on the money!
The slower you change your pH, the less stress is placed on the fish.
Remember -- stressed fish are weaker and succumb to parasites and/or
diseases easier!
The only thing that I would add to his advice is to stress the "net out
the fish" step. You don't want to add the LFS's water (including
parasites and pathogens) to your *quarantine* tank.
NOT using the quarantine tank (at least for 1 week, I keep them there
for 3 weeks!) is asking for trouble -- and sooner or later you will get
it, big time!
Best,
George
> >Say you buy some fish at your LFS. You bring home the fish in a > >bag > and stick your pH probe in the bag - 7.4. Your tank's pH - 6.5. > Ouch. Don't recall ever seeing this info on thekrib or other > resources. Anyone got aclue?
> I use a small container into which I put the fish along with their >transport water. I then run a piece of airline tubing from the aquarium to the
container and start a flow. I then tie a knot in the tubing, loosening
it
until I get a fairly steady stream of drops into the container. As the
container fills, I scoop out the excess water and dispose of it.
Depending
upon the drip rate, the pH should be equal to that of the aquarium in >
2 or 3 hours. Then I net the fish out and put them in the tank.
> There's a 1000 variations on this, and I'm sure you'll hear them all :-).
Darren> ------------------------------