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[fishy55599]

hi, me again
since you need to put everything into something to acclimitise it, how do you get them into the bowl (dumb question probally)

also if the water gets too high should you just take some out so it can keep going

 

[TheHolding]

I'm assuming you mean livestock?

I use the bag they came in and put the bag in a bucket and then feed the drip into the bag so any overflow goes in to the bucket.

Simples

 

[fishy55599]

that makes sense

 

[woody88]

I acclimate my fish/coral/inverts by resting the bag on the water surface, leaving it for half an hour to settle to tank temp then drip feed the bag with tank water for another half hour then I check the salinity, temp and ph of the bag until its the same as the tank and then drop them in.

You may say its a bit much but it works for me.

 

[weezawoo]

When I got my CUC I just tipped the bag slowly into a bucket then drip fed into it, with fish I probably wouldn't do this but I was told CUC need longer to acclimatise than fish.

 

[TheHolding]

I acclimate my fish/coral/inverts by resting the bag on the water surface, leaving it for half an hour to settle to tank temp then drip feed the bag with tank water for another half hour then I check the salinity, temp and ph of the bag until its the same as the tank and then drop them in.

You may say its a bit much but it works for me.

Apologies Fishy I as Woody leave the sealed bag in the tank to match temp but for 20 minutes.

IMO the fish are stressed and need clean water ASAP - just my opinion.

Once the bag is full from the drip and just starting to overflow IMO they have been acclimatised. Net the fish and add to QT, never add the water from the bag in to the display tank.

Finally it's worth asking the LFS what specific gravity / salinity they keep marines at so you know what you are dealing with.

Most LFS in my area keep marines between 1.023 and 1.024

 

[fishy55599]

im thinking that since there are 4 types of things coming, they might all be in seperate bags.
so i think i will need to get the bags up to temp for half hour first, then get them into the bowl and drip acclimitise for 2-2.30 hours then put them in, this all sound fine?

 

[TheHolding]

2-2.30 hours is over the top in my opinion.

But you should do whatever you feel comfortable with. After all they are your fish and everyone is different.

After the 20 minutes of getting the temp right I spend an hour max drip acclimatising the fish and have never had any problems - I have delicate fish like puffers.

Like I said it's all about minimising stress - and keeping a fish in a bag for a lengthy duration is stressful in my opinion.

 

[fishy55599]

this is cuc tho, i hard they need longer

 

[MrLiam]

I only done mine for 45mins because the water was becoming frighteningly cold so I decided that they deserve to be put in the warm.

 

[StandbySetting]

It ultimately depends on the differences in water chemistry in temperature, if you don't know the differences, I'd do 2 hours, if you do, time it relative to the difference.

 

[seffieuk]

It ultimately depends on the differences in water chemistry in temperature, if you don't know the differences, I'd do 2 hours, if you do, time it relative to the difference.

Spot on, if in doubt test the water the cuc is in the biggest problem is usually SG, some lfs run their tanks at 1.016 to stop things like ich from spreading. If the water is that low and your tank is running at an sg of 1.26 you have many hours of acclimatisation ahead of you However if the sg is say 1.024, with little trace of nitrates/phosphates they could in theory go straight in

Seffie x