JB63
02/03/2010, 06:34 PM
I got 2 fish (flame angel + powder brown tang PBT) last friday, from the same store, and the 'same' system. The store employee assured me the salinity was around 1.022.... OK.
Both fish were packed in individual bags for obvious reasons. Though the PBT bag had 4-5 times the water volume of the Flame's bag. Since the trip home was rather short, I took a shortcut and mixed both bags/fish in the same 5G bucket. That way, I'll only run one hose to drip acclimate.
The PBT was fine, but the flame was panting, kept on coming to the surface (for air?) .... Luckily I had some water left in the 2 original bags so I quickly checked the salinity of both. Flame was at 1.024, PBT was at 1.014 !!!!!
Even more lucky, I had fresh RO water available so I took water from my current tank and added freshwater to come to 1.022, then put the flame in.
Good for him, he made it.
For the PBT, I took the long route and slowly raised the salinity over a 20 hours period, from 1.015 to 1.025. He spent the night in the bucket, with an air-stone and small heater.
The lesson from this? Never trust the LFS employee about water parameters in their system(s), and when you get home, always check the chemistry of the water the fish came in so you'd know how slowly you need to acclimate.
Both fish were packed in individual bags for obvious reasons. Though the PBT bag had 4-5 times the water volume of the Flame's bag. Since the trip home was rather short, I took a shortcut and mixed both bags/fish in the same 5G bucket. That way, I'll only run one hose to drip acclimate.
The PBT was fine, but the flame was panting, kept on coming to the surface (for air?) .... Luckily I had some water left in the 2 original bags so I quickly checked the salinity of both. Flame was at 1.024, PBT was at 1.014 !!!!!
Even more lucky, I had fresh RO water available so I took water from my current tank and added freshwater to come to 1.022, then put the flame in.
Good for him, he made it.
For the PBT, I took the long route and slowly raised the salinity over a 20 hours period, from 1.015 to 1.025. He spent the night in the bucket, with an air-stone and small heater.
The lesson from this? Never trust the LFS employee about water parameters in their system(s), and when you get home, always check the chemistry of the water the fish came in so you'd know how slowly you need to acclimate.