How important is pH when transferring fish from one tank to another?

[fishski13]

So I will finally be transferring my fish from my old tank into my new tank in the next week. I know my temperature and salinity are the same in both systems, but I think my pH is a little bit different. I was wondering how important it is to match both numbers to each other in order to safely transfer my fish. And how close do the two pHs need to be in order to be considered good?

 

[KrisReef]

Temperature and salinity is more than I worry about. I just get the temperature equal, open the bag and hand catch the fish into its new home.

I tell them to be good, eat what I feed, and don't fight and usually I've not had any problems. It's actually a good question, can fish tell the difference in pH from two systems and do they care? In freshwater there are some fish that are happier with hard or soft water, but I have not heard of anyone testing pH in the marine environment for fish transfer concerns.

Lets see what the board sayz!

 

[damsels are not mean]

They don't care. I've never dripped a fish. I adjust the salinity in the observation tank and float for a bit only if the bag came in really cold.

 

[brandon429]

Verdict: fifty pages of tank transfer jobs in the transfer thread we only care about temp and salinity

 

[brandon429]

I would be curious to know max salinity shift for fish we haven't been pushing it we've been matching

 

[damsels are not mean]

I would be curious to know max salinity shift for fish we haven't been pushing it we've been matching

I have always heard it's easier for fish to go down than up in salinity, but could just be 100% anecdote. Never seen any data.