Re: New list member with questions...

["Scott McLaughlin" <relli@aye.net>]

Well the good shops (or the ones that dont want to lose bunches of fish) that
I have worked for use the dry method. Amquel will work but I have heard (pure
hear say) that it only temporarily "locks" the ammonia. Leave the fish alone
until you are ready to transfer them to their home. The less transferring the
better IMHO. Actually the guy that ran the shop were I learned the "dry method"
prefered to use his hands to transfer fish so as to avoid damaging them with
a net. When they were venemous like Fox fish and Lionfish we would scoop them
up with a specimen container and then dump out as much of the shipping water
as possible before dumping them in the new tank. We didnt always even do the
temp equalizing, but I think that part is a good idea if the difference is more
than 5 degrees F or so.

>It's interesting that practically every pet store that I have been to will

>tell you to use the slow water exchange in a floating bag system.  in fact,

>two of the shops in town put a flyer in your bag when you buy your fish to

>explain the process.  Makes you wonder....
>
>In the past, I would normally float the open bag until the temperature in
>and out of the bag were equalized and then gently flip the fish out with my

>hand to avoid net damage and to keep from getting more than a few drops of

>foreign water in my tank.  In this particular instance I thought I was being

>'more careful' considering the relative scarcity of the fish.  Ouch.  Hard

>lesson.  Thanks for the advice.
>
>Since I will probably face a similar ammonia problem with the new shipment
I
>hope to get next week, is there anything I can do to lesson the blow to the

>fish when introducing them to the tank, aside from the 'dry transfer'?
>Specifically, is there a way of quickly alleviating the effects of ammonia

>and other damage/stress due to the transport from ??? to the East Coast to

>Minneapolis and then drive 2 hours to my place?  Thanks again in advance.
>
>- Chad
>
>
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>> From: "Scott McLaughlin" <relli@aye.net>
>> Reply-To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
>> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 00:34:45 +0500
>> To: "William Vannerson" <William_Vannerson@ama-assn.org>,
>> apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
>> Subject: Re: RE: New list member with questions...
>> 
>> Ive acclimatized literally hundreds (maybe thousands) of fish by the "dry

>> method"
>> that Scot mentioned and to me there is no better method. I actually discovered

>> it through a marine fish wholesaler. Don't waste money on amquel.
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