Acclimation

[Fastpitch]

I am new so please understand I am not trying to be a wise guy but...

With freshwater dips being such widely accepted practice, can someone please explain to me why we are so concerned about drip acclimating. Even within a few ticks of specific gravity difference? If my temp and ph is close, why do I care?

Just wondering.

 

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I am new so please understand I am not trying to be a wise guy but...

With freshwater dips being such widely accepted practice, can someone please explain to me why we are so concerned about drip acclimating. Even within a few ticks of specific gravity difference? If my temp and ph is close, why do I care?

Just wondering.

personally, i temp acclimate in the bag for a few mins and that’s it. this is if i’m not going to do a freshwater dip.

 

[Fastpitch]

personally, i temp acclimate in the bag for a few mins and that’s it. this is if i’m not going to do a freshwater dip.

I wonder if this is one of those things that everybody does, but nobody knows why.;Facepalm

 

[James M]

Drip acclimation mostly used to reduce the stress from the fish but IMO it causes more stress on the fish for being in the bucket for more than 30 mins . I float then pour 2 cups of my water into the bag than place the fish in .

 

[Tamberav]

I don't drip fish or corals, just shrimp, urchins, starfish, ect.

If a fish comes from a significantly lower salinity I have a QT tank, so I just match it to the bag water.

Dripping fish just stresses them out.

 

[pshootr]

Rapid fluctuation of salinity, temperature, and pH all stress fish. So that's why people acclimate. Typically the only time people do a freshwater dip is to identify if there are flukes present, or to provide temporary relief to a diseased fish before or during treatment.

 

[pshootr]

I wonder if this is one of those things that everybody does, but nobody knows why.;Facepalm

Believe me, if acclimating fish was not beneficial, no one would do it.

 

[ca1ore]

Believe me, if acclimating fish was not beneficial, no one would do it.

That sounds like circular logic to me.

 

[ca1ore]

I have long thought salinity acclimation to be overvalued and often cited as the cause of fish mortality absent any actual causal data. Most of the fish i buy go into a QT with matched salinity, but every now and then I have to put one into higher salinity. I float the bag for 30 mins adding tank water periodically, then release. Usually get to within 2-3 hundreds.