Depending on the sensitivity of your new fish you might need to take different precautions acclimating your new fish to your tank. If the new fish is not that sensitive a simple floating of the new fish in its bag is enough. Leaving it floating in the tank for about 15 minutes will ensure the temperature of the water in the bag will match the temperature of the water in your tank. For more delicate fish opening the bag for your new fish and putting small amounts of water from your tank into the fish bag will help more sensitive fish acclimate to the tank it is being introduced to. Add small amount of water about every 15 minutes until you have at least matched the amount of water that was in the bag to begin with. For even more sensitive fish different measures must be taken. What is most recommended is doing a drip acclimation. This entails putting the new fish in its original water into a bucket or container lower than the tank you are going to put the fish in. You need to run a piece of regular airline tubing from the tank the fish will be going into and the other end into the container the fish is in. Start a siphon and get the water draining from your tank into the container. You then want to slow the amount of water coming into the container be either using a regular air pump valve or simply tying a knot in the airline going into the container. Slow the flow to a good drip and let the water slower flow into the container. Once you have at least matched the water that came with the fish originally you can think about stopping the siphon and introduce the fish directly into its new tank. You can use any of these three methods, just make sure you know how sensitive the fish you are trying to introduce is in order to choose the correct method for you.
Updated on April 24, 2023
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