CrazyCory42
Member
I’m planning on buying some fish this Sunday coming, 2 comet goldfish to go into my 500L tank with my lonely 23 year old goldfish and 2 honey gourami to go into my 100L tropical community tank.
Before now, I’ve always used the “plop and drop” technique that many fish people on YouTube advocate for. Basically I let the sealed bag float for around 15 - 20mins in the tank to allow the water temps to match and then I empty the bag into a net and put the fish directly into the tank. I’ve never had any problems with this method.
However….. my tap water is pretty high in nitrates. It sits at 40ppm and so do my tanks. So I’m worried about the shock the sudden raise of nitrate may have and I was wondering if it’s be better for me to drip acclimate instead?
The store I’ll be getting the fish from is about 40min drive so the fish would be in the bag for lets say an hour to get from the shop to my house and then 30mins to drip acclimate. So I don’t think the water quality in the bag will deteriorate to harmful levels in that time. And I feel like slowly raising the nitrate levels in the bag to my tank water will be beneficial and give these new fish the best start possible.
Does what I’m saying make sense? Or have I got it all back to front. What are everyone else’s thoughts on this?
Before now, I’ve always used the “plop and drop” technique that many fish people on YouTube advocate for. Basically I let the sealed bag float for around 15 - 20mins in the tank to allow the water temps to match and then I empty the bag into a net and put the fish directly into the tank. I’ve never had any problems with this method.
However….. my tap water is pretty high in nitrates. It sits at 40ppm and so do my tanks. So I’m worried about the shock the sudden raise of nitrate may have and I was wondering if it’s be better for me to drip acclimate instead?
The store I’ll be getting the fish from is about 40min drive so the fish would be in the bag for lets say an hour to get from the shop to my house and then 30mins to drip acclimate. So I don’t think the water quality in the bag will deteriorate to harmful levels in that time. And I feel like slowly raising the nitrate levels in the bag to my tank water will be beneficial and give these new fish the best start possible.
Does what I’m saying make sense? Or have I got it all back to front. What are everyone else’s thoughts on this?