Questions

[orange shark]

Hello all,

there are 2 questions i need to ask.

1) So my waters going in on saturday, can i add the salt straight to the tank as there wil be no live rock or fish in it yet

2) Im confused in how to add fish to my tank, I don't know how to drip it if thats what i have to do. (note, i dont plan on adding fish until all is done, i have done my research so i know what im doing, this is just a question so that i know what im doing when i get there!)

Thanks, orange shark

 

[SkiFletch]

1. Yes

2. You don't have to drip. Have you kept freshwater fish before? If so, just do the same thing and take twice as long

 

[@ombomb]

1 - Yes

2 - Drop aclimatisation is normally done using a length of airline with a clamp on it which you use to slowly drip water in to the bag / container holding the new fish / coral. By doing this slowly (i normally spend about 2 hours, but it really depends on the difference in SG between your tank and the SG they're used to - ask at the shop when you buy) and removing water from the bag / container periodically, you make the acclimatisation as smooth as possible as there are no sudden leaps. I think a lot people, certainly for hardier fish, just use the usual take 1 cup of water out and pour in a cup of tank water process, but dripping requires very little extra effort and is worth doing IMO.

 

[orange shark]

1) thankyou

2) yes i have (borrriinngg) so i just add a bit of tank water every 15 mins or so for about 2 hours?

thanks Ski!

edit: didnt see your reply until after @ombomb, but thanks for the reply

 

[ox5477]

as @ombomb said, I am one of those who do the cup at a time deal instead of the drip. I just float the bags in the water and then every 10-15 put about a shots worth of water (depending on amount of water in bag)... depending on how hardy the fish or coral, can last 1-3 hrs (more depending on how much I spent and how paranoid I am)

Ox