Freshwater Fish Acclimation

Carolina Biological Supply Company shows you how to properly "acclimate" new freshwater fish into your aquarium: www.carolina.com

Carolina Biological Supply Company and Elon University School of Communications collaborated to create this video.

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[CarolinaBiological]

This step is important because the pH of your tank and the water in the bag with your fish may also be different. You'll want to slowly add water from your tank into the bag to adjust that pH. I would not recommend skipping this step, especially for fish that have been shipped to you. The longer the fish is in the bag, the higher the ammonia levels will be due to waste from the fish. The combination of different pH levels, ammonia concentrations, and temperature can prove lethal for a new fish.

[kongmong579]

umm well that fish i was talking about died...it jumped out over night hahah well...i got a small jewl fish and im acclimating it in my tank...it it ok to acclimate that fish in a tank with a tempature of 72???...im acclimating ut slowly

[CarolinaBiological]

If youre following the acclimation procedure as outlined in the video, then a temperature of 72 degrees should be fine.

[kongmong579]

is it ok..if u already float the bagg in one tank and put water in it...but decided to put the fish in another....wut i did was float it in the other tank...and added a bucket full water from the tank i first float the bag in

[CarolinaBiological]

We recommend not doing this as it may have undesirable results on the short and long term health of your fish.

[kenny123663]

Although this is acclimation is done to fish, this can also be be done to aquatic amphibians, crustaceans, & other aquatic animals; am I correct?

[CarolinaBiological]

Yes, you're correct. This should be done to all animals that live in a semi-aquatic or fully-aquatic environment.

[FootballPyro2069]

yea, this works for little fish like that but now how do I do this with my monster 16 inch tiger shovelnose catfish?

[dheemahit]

@Checkz3 there can be a variety of reasons,

it can be that there was a flaw in acclimation ,it cud kept in a sw aquarium , it got picked on byy other inmates ,or had a disease. :) hope dis helps

[snipapipa13]

Thank you for the help i got a 20 gallon tank for christmas and i am getting some fish today

[AwesomeAssassin1000]

hay u guys seem to know ur stuff the substrate in the tank is sand well is all gravel any good for plants maby even the same onece that are in the vid

[InfoDoradon]

The technique has two main drawbacks: 1) The open bag may not float due to relative weight and current in the aquarium, 2) adding water with a cup is not ideal since we want to do fine dilution at a drop-by-drop basis. Using the described technique is not impossible but highly tedious and stressful. For a small price you can get a better acclimation device, search youtube or Amazon with "Doradon acclimation".

[BoraxoftheAmerica]

Can we just let the bag float in the water for 15 minutes the scoop the fish out and put it in the aquarium? Is the process any different from buying from the pet store or shipping from the internet?

[BoraxoftheAmerica]

Can't we just let the bag float in the water for 15 minutes the scoop the fish out and put it in the aquarium?

[EasyAquatics]

nice vid (: