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View Poll Results: Introducing new fish into your aquarium, acclimate or not?
No Acclimation, straight into a QT tank 8 44.44%
Drip acclimation no QT tank 5 27.78%
Acclimate and into QT tank 5 27.78%
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Old 10-18-2009, 12:48 PM   #11 (permalink)
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more than likely its the co2 level. pH fluctuations with co2 addition do not harm the osmotic balance in fish. Its possible they are not use to high levels of co2.

DO probes are something I would like to use in a planted tank. Hopefully DA will have them ready in a few weeks
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Old 10-19-2009, 11:12 AM   #12 (permalink)
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So the sudden change in ph would not stress them a little?
What water paramteres would you want to acclimate a fish too?
Temp, Hardness, 02 level, ph, N,p,k, other?
What does upset the osmotic balance in fish?
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I would say most importantly would be hardness and co2 levels.
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Old 10-20-2009, 09:54 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Need one more option in the poll. Acclimate and into QT tank. I acclimate all mine but put them in a QT tank for 2 weeks using Melafix and Pimafix for 3 days to treat the fish for any diseases they may have as well as help with fin restoration and stress relief. I haven't lost 2 many fish doing it this way.
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Need one more option in the poll. Acclimate and into QT tank. I acclimate all mine but put them in a QT tank for 2 weeks using Melafix and Pimafix for 3 days to treat the fish for any diseases they may have as well as help with fin restoration and stress relief. I haven't lost 2 many fish doing it this way.
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Old 02-03-2010, 03:44 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Um, every time I buy a quarantine tank, it ends up as a planted display within a few weeks...
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Old 07-09-2010, 02:19 PM   #17 (permalink)
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All new fish go to the Qtank and I use the drip acclimation method, especially for angelfish. In my experience these fish get sick in any stressful situation so I use the dark pail, the airstone and a small heater. I have made my share of mistakes - recently too, lost a large DD angel (male) that I moved from a breeding tank to the main tank without acclimating and he was fine when I went to bed but dead in the morning. Was kicking myself about that because he actually was a good parent raiser - not easy to find one of those with Angelfish, especially the DDs.

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