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Welsh_Woman

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I had to get med for my fish quick yesterday so i took a trip to cardiff market, to the fish store in there. To my shock this guy seemed to know what he was talking about, we ended up talking for a while. Of all places i didn't expect someone in a market stall to know but you learn knew things everyday :)

Anyway I was watching while someone was buying a goldfish and he said that you shouldn't add the bag water to the tank, is this a good idea? :dunno:
 
:blink: Dunno...I always do. I float the bag in the tank for 10-15 mins, then let some of the tank water into it and leave it to float for another 10-15 mins, then empty the fish and water into the tank. Never had any problems with that so far... :dunno:
 
Many ppl do different things.

Water is likely to carry some diseases but its unlikely that your original tank would get new pests from the introduction of a small quantity water, they would be far more likely to get it from the actual fish that went in.

Plus, netting your fish out from the bag is likely to add more stress than is necessary.

I aclimatise the bag, then tip it on its side, then let the fish swim out whenever they feel.
 
I never add water from the bags to my tanks, diseases like ICH and velvet go through a free swimming stage before they attach themselves to a host and by adding the water to the tank you could be adding these diseases to your tank, also many other problems like algea and hydras can be passed onto your tank via spores in the water.
I dont even float the bags in my tanks preffering to acclimatise the fish via the drip method.
 
CFC said:
I never add water from the bags to my tanks, diseases like ICH and velvet go through a free swimming stage before they attach themselves to a host and by adding the water to the tank you could be adding these diseases to your tank, also many other problems like algea and hydras can be passed onto your tank via spores in the water.
I dont even float the bags in my tanks preffering to acclimatise the fish via the drip method.
What is the drip system??
 
This is part of a artical i wrote for another forum and explains how to use the drip method to acclimatise newly purchased fish.

The safest and most effective way to acclimatise a newly purchased fish is to use the drip method to slowly add water from your aquarium to the bag the fish is being held in. All you need to perform this method of acclimatisation is a length of airline and a bucket or other waterproof container such as a polybox.
Place the bagged fish into the bucket/container and take a length of airline that is long enough to reach from the your tank to the floor and tie a loose knot in one end, place the unknotted end into the tank and then start a syphon through the airline. Place the knotted end into the bag and tighten the knot down until the water drips out at a rate of around 1 drop per second. Leave the bag to fill with water for at least one hour and then test the water parameters (pH, GH and nitrates) to see if they match those of your tank, if they match you are done and the fish can be safely added to your tank, if not you will have to leave the bag to fill for longer. If the bag is full of water before the parameters match then you can empty the fish and water into the bucket/container until the process is finished.
 

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