Re: Acclimating fish to softer water (Newbie question)

[Rik Vandiver <mrriketts@ynn.com>]

take a small air line and put it in the tank that the fish are going in. Tie
a not in the line . start a siphon into where your fish are  ( A bucket )
adjust the line so you get a drip through the knot ( I call this my fish I.V.
:) ) and wait until you get a least much water as you started out with in the
bucket .for next time go to the hardware store and get  a 1 gallon per hour
drip emitter from a drip watering system. this works for putting  new fish in
any tank.
                      PEACE and FREEDOM
                              Rik Vandiver

Tomoko Schum wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Can someone tell me about a common method to
> acclimate fish to softer water?
>
> I believe that my new tank (20 gallon long) with
> half tap and half DI water is cycled out and now
> ready to accept my apistos.  But there is one
> problem.  I did not take into a consideration that
> my fish are used to moderately hard water before I
> got the tank ready.  In the process of cycling the
> tank, I moved a few juvenile platys and an adult
> guppy with three neon tetras.  I tried to
> acclimate these fish as if I am introducing them
> to my regular tank, slowly adding a small amount
> of new water to the container they are in (the
> same water temperatures and similar pH values)
> over a period of time.  Platys and guppy made it
> through but two of the neon tetras died while
> acclimating to the new water or shortly
> thereafter.  I am afraid that they could not
> handle the osmotic pressure difference.  It was a
> total oversight on my part since I have never had
> to do this before :o(
>
> Because of what happened to the neon tetras, I am
> thinking about doing 50 to 75% water change using
> tapwater before moving one of my borellii male to
> the tank.  This will raise the conductivity and
> hardness of the new tank water back up to the
> similar level to the tank he is currently in.
> Before his brides arrive (hopefully soon), I will
> try to find out the hardness and pH of the water
> that they are used to and gradually acclimate my
> male to it.  How long should I take to acclimate
> my borellii, provided I have to change 50% of
> water to DI water?  One gallon a day every two to
> three days or should I take even longer to do
> this?   Any help will be greatly appreciated!
>
> TIA,
>
> Tomoko
>
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