Re: acclimaing new fish

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

This is how wholesalers do it and it almost always works. Those that don't may
have be "living dead" anyway.

Mike Wise

Michael Gray wrote:

> I know this will freak out alot of people, it did me when I first heard
> about it.  However...it works great!  I no longer acclimate my new arrivals
> the conventional way of slowly adding water.  I do float the bag to
> equalize temp.  I then add a good amount of "NovAqua" to the bag (about 2
> tsp or so) with the fish and 1 tsp/10 gallons to the tank the fish are to
> be placed (per directions on the bottle).  I then dump the bag of fish into
> a net, allowing the old water to drain away, and then gently place the fish
> in the new tank.  This has worked for apsistos, killies, corrys and
> assorted tetras and rasboras.  The point is pH is not as important as
> hardness when it comes to stressing fish (ie shock).  I am posting this
> mainly for Francine and Sherry but any one can try this...it really works!
>
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