(drip acclimating) how do you go about it?

[strat]

again, good stuff. its funny how you can read about something for months and then when you think about a simple procedure, you kinda scratch your head, and think i wonder how thats done.. anyways, ill have lots of simple ???s like this to come when i get going. thanks again

strat

[64Ivy]

Originally posted by strat
how do you get the siphon started, (dont tell me ya suck on the end of the hose )

tahnks again


strat

Oh come on strat, everybody knows you can't be a real reefer until you swallow a little tank water every once in awhile. Now go on, it won't hurt ya. Tastes like chicken, hee-hee-hee.

[mnreefman]

Originally posted by 64Ivy
Oh come on strat, everybody knows you can't be a real reefer until you swallow a little tank water every once in awhile. Now go on, it won't hurt ya. Tastes like chicken, hee-hee-hee.

lol i can vouch for that

[ScottT1980]

Now on to another debate, whether or not the drip acclimation causes more stress than good with fish that have been in the bag for extended periods of time.

I have mentioned this before on another site but I just thought it would be appropriate again. Disclaimer: I am not chemist and so I am very hazy on the details (although I once understood them)...

Anyway, the pH of waterin the bags recieved is typically very low in comparison to the pH of our tank water. This low pH causes a shift in regards to NH3 thus converting much of it to NH4. NH4 is not harmful to our fish. But, when we begin to add our higher pH tank water, it shifts the equation back the other way, therefore reconverting the NH4 to the harmful NH3. So theoretically, as we add water from our tank, drip by drip, we might be adjusting the pH and salinity but ultimatly we could be causing more harm by freeing up so much NH3.

Just something to consider when drip acclimating bags that have been shipped over night. I know many now that prefer to just dump in a Q/T type tank, away from other inhabitants, as it perhaps is less stressful than drip acclimation. Just something to consider

Here is the thread (I found it)

Take er easy
Scott T.

[Witfull]

i agree with you on this scott, when i had my store and fish came in, i would float the bags fo 10 minutes or so, then dump as much water out as possible from the bags, add a drop of Amquel to each then dunk the bags to fill with water to the original water level, let them float till i made the circle back to the beginning and then release them into the tanks. that seemed to help all the fish out being that many were bagged and packed in the wee hours of the AM and not delivered unto sometime in the afternoon.
my drip acclimation prossess is for critters that have come from the LFS and have been bagged for less than a hour or so.

[strat]

ok, sorry i havent replied to this thread, been busy with relatives and snowboarding etc... but wow, ive never heard of that scottT.. what are everyone elses thoughts?? do you slowly acclimate fish or do you just chuck them in the tank once the temp is balanced?? very interesting

strat

(ps thanks scottT and witfull)