Acclimating Fish the “Drip Line Method”

August 17, 2008 · Filed Under Acclimation Guide 

The pros, cons and instructions to the drip line method.

The Pros

  • Once the processs for the drip line is set up it will take care of its self
  • This method can be used for all types of marine as well as be used for freshwater fish

The Cons
  • This method can take a long time to complete, and may run into hours depending what size acclimation container you use.
  • Setting up is a little more invloved comparied to the likes of the cup method
  • If acclimating more than one fish you can either put them together but may risk them fighting before they even reach the saltwater aquarium or set up individual acclimation tanks.
  • Moving too fast and allowing time to acclimation.

Acclimation Instructions

  1. Place the fish with the water from the bag into a bucket or suitable container.
  2. Place the bucket near the saltwater aquarium that they be added to when the acclimation is complete.
  3. Using plastic tubing and an air gang valve, set up and run a siphon drip line from the aquarium into the bucket.
  4. Start the siphon slowly and allow the tank water to drip into the bucket, using the air gang valve to control the drip rate.
  5. When the water added the the bucket is roughly 2 or 3 times the original water you can test the ph,salinity and aquarium temperature of the bucket to compare against the aquarium readings
  6. If the reading are equal then we can move the fish to the aquarium.
  7. Genty move the fish by hand or net to the aquarium.

Tips

  • Add some ammonia buffer or destoyer to the bucket, as ammonia build up may still occur while the fish is kpt in the bucket.

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