Re: New list member with questions...

[Scott McLaughlin <relli@aye.net>]

I see no reason to spend time with the replacement method. If I am bringing fish
home and the bag has had time to cool way down a lot or heat up a lot I will
float it some, but I never add any water to the bag or any of the bag water to my
tank. I have never had any problem doing it this way. Of course, many other
people use your method and have no problems. I just wanted to point out that I
personally don't use the other methods. Like every thing about this hobby, there
are a thousand ways to do this, lots of them will work. To me it is what makes
the hobby so fun, the constant experimentation. If it was a simple recipe type
hobby I would have gotten bored long ago, and would have no need to discuss
alternatives :-)


gkadar wrote:

> Doesn't the manner in which fish are aclimated (however it's spelled) to a
> new aquarium depend on how long they've been in shipping?
>
> If you are receiving fish that have been in transit for hours or even a day
> or more, then the 'dry' method makes sense.
>
> But if the fish just came from a local store or another aquarist and _if_
> you are not (which at first you shouldn't anyway) putting the fish into
> water that has large differences in parameters from whatever is used in the
> store or the breeder- be that local tap water or R/O (as long as you know)
> then what's wrong with floating the bag and gradually replacing the water in
> the bag with water from the tank?  There can't possibly be much in the way
> of waste in the transport water under these circumstances.
>
> I think we should differentiate between the circumstances under discussion.
> There is not one rule for all situations.
>
> Gabriella Kadar
>
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