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When I put new fish into the tank, I've always done as follows:
1) place net over bucket
2) pour fish bag into the net, the water goes through and catches the fish
3) place fish into tank
I've been doing this method for years, and it's been good to me. But it could be a little stressful to the fish. I've read about just cutting the bag open and letting the fish swim out on their own, water and all. Is the threat of introducing an infectious disease via water a big deal? What's your way of placing fish into your tank?

I place the bag in the tank, and roll the top open wil a ring, this keeps the bag open and above the water. After 20 mins or so I will remove some of the water with a small cup, then drip the same amount from the tank in to the bag. I do this 3 or 4 times and slowly change the water to match the tank. By the time you let the fish swim from the bag, most of the water has been removed.

Dan


Dan

is this b4 u float em or after,
i do
1)turn light off,
2)place bag in the water for around 30-1 hour depending on the fish
3)remove the knott,or rubberband and dunk it in the tank water.
4)wait another 15-30 min, either
a)put net in the bag and make the fish move slowly into the tank,
b)allow fish to swim out,
c)cup the fish in a plastic cup with alittle water and release the fish so it doesn't touch a net or is out of water.

I do the drip acclimation method, but when done I do exactly what you do: pour the water through the net and then release them in the tank. I don't want to transfer any store water into my tank and it's the only way I can think of doing it. It is probably a bit stressful for the fish, but considering all the other stress they've been through that day, it probably doesn't add too much more. And I've never lost a fish due because of introduction, so something must be working.

I float the bag in the tank for about 15mins. Then I put a cup full of tank water in the bag and leave for about 15mins, still floating in the tank. Repeat 3 or 4 times so the fish are use to the tank water. Catch the fish in the net and release into their new home, discarding all the water in bag.

Last edited by fishymama at 11-Apr-2005 22:04

I do as most others do

When I bring the fish home usually one hour later and some times more.

1 I float the sealed bag in the front part of the tank.

2 It could be up to one hour later I open the bag add a few drops of stress coat.

3 About every 15 minutes I add half a cup of tank water to the bag. I stop the bag from moving around be filing the cup and placing it in the opened bag and holding it down on the glass tank top.

4 I then strain all the water through a large net.

5 Add the fish slowly then toss all the water out.

6 Also I never feed the tank until the next day

It works well for me it takes time if I am busy it could take several hours before the fish are released. I think my record was about four hrs I just forgot and the tank light went off.

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I usually just dump the fish in, water and all, without floating the bag. I work at the store, so I know all of the water parameters in the tanks, and if any of the tanks have diseases or not. I have not had a single problem from introducing a new fish to the tank.





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I have found that water conditions from the LFS are generally much different than water conditions in my tank. My procedure is to:

1. Decant the bag into a bucket,
2. Test the conductivity of the water in the bucket,
3. Set-up a slow drip from the tank to the bucket,
4. Net the fish or hand catch the fish and place in the aquarium when the bucket conductivity is within 10% of tank conductivity.

My tank conductivity is about 290 micro siemens. Tests on water from fish stores have shown conductivity levels of 1200 to 2400 ms. The slow drip using an airline maintains the water temperature and provides a protracted period for acclimation.

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I quarantine my fish before they go into the tank:
From shop into quarantine tank:
1. float bag for 10 minutes
2. add 1 cup of water
3. float and put a cup of water in every 5 minutes for 30m-1 hour.
4. pour water into a bucket, net fish put into tank.

From quarantine tank into main tnak:
1. net fish put inot a container with some water in it.
2. float container for 10 minutes
3. add 1 cup of water
4. float and put a cup of water in every 5 minutes for 30m-1 hour.
5. open lid of container and let fish swim out inot tank. (The water is ok because the fish are healthy, if they were not healhtey they would not be going into the tank.)

[font color="#000080"]I float my fish in their bags for about 20 minutes to get the temperatures right, then i fpour them water and all into a bowl with an equal amount of water from the tank, then i net them and put them in the tank after about ten minutes in the bowl. Never had a problem with this method and it isn't too complex or time consuming. [/font]

When I put new fish into the tank, I've always done as follows:
1) place net over bucket
2) pour fish bag into the net, the water goes through and catches the fish
3) place fish into tank

same thing. sometimes I float the bag and sometimes I don't. it depends on the temp. of the water in the bag. if I can tell it's way off from what my tank water is then I'll float it otherwise I don't.

If it's from the store nearby I just float to bring the temp even and dump them in. Their water parameters are almost identical to mine and they quarantine their new fish in the back before bringing them out to sell. Use uv sterilizers, have near zero nitrates, and their tanks are setup like a home aquarium would be. The live plants, algae eaters/bottom dwellers, top dwellers in each tank. Every other place I either drip acclimate in a 1g bucket. Then scoop fish out after all water has been changed or quarantine in the 10g.

I never want the lfs's water in my tank. got too many snails and such that way. Here's my method
1. float bag about 15 minutes.
2. add a cup of tank water into the bag. float another 10 minutes
3. add another cup of water to the bag and float another 10 minutes.
4. pour bag thru a large net over a bucket, netting the fish.
5. after a few minutes I release into the tank by lowering the bowl into the tank and letting the fishies swim out.
This method works fine with me, never had a problem with it/:'

i just hold the bag with my left hand, reach in, grab the fish with my right hand, then throw him in the tank touchdown spike style.


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How do you get snails from a bag of water? They are visible and not hanging onto the fish. The only time I got a snail in the bag was when I bought homaloptera and they had to scrape the net along the side of the tank to get some off. Then it was easy to see the snail. Pest snail eggs aren't that difficult to see either. I tossed the snail in too and he lasted 2seconds. My tanks are not pest snail friendly.