Moving fish from one tank to another

[hawk82]

Lets say you drip acclimate your fish from the LFS into your QT tank, after its been in the QT tank, do you need to re-drip acclimate when you add them to your display?

 

[ScottR]

Lets say you drip acclimate your fish from the LFS into your QT tank, after its been in the QT tank, do you need to re-drip acclimate when you add them to your display?

I have two systems. I keep them at the same salinity. IMO, if salinity and temp are the same, drop in. I’m not worried about alk, calcium, etc.

 

[hawk82]

Thats what I was wondering if PH, salinity, and temp are the same is it ok to just move them in?

 

[AZMSGT]

if salinity and temp are the same, drop in

This.

 

[ScottR]

Thats what I was wondering if PH, salinity, and temp are the same is it ok to just move them in?

For fish, I don’t worry about pH.

 

[hawk82]

For fish, I don’t worry about pH.

Really? I thought different ph would shock them?

 

[ScottR]

Really? I thought different ph would shock them?

For SW fish, you don’t need to worry. If pH is a problem, I’d worry more about the tank that the fish are going in to. I’d say the values of pH are maybe 7.7-8.4 or so. Any lower or higher is undesirable. I wouldn’t keep livestock in any value other than those. But going from 7.7 to an 8.4 tank isn’t going to be a problem. I have bought fish at 1.018 salinity and I keep my tank at 1.026. That to me is the parameter I acclimate to. And pH is hard enough to control as it is.