- Location
- Yorktown Heights
I have never had a problem introducing fish till yesterday, I added a blueface angel and now the powder brown tang and Annularis are going to town on him.
Any suggestions
Any suggestions
He is doing better just keeping to a corner. Hopefully things don't get messy again. Thanks guys for all your help. ....
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Will try they don't let him swim
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I never heard that more than 30 minutes is harmful to fish....
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Depends on a lot of things, and the stress of being in a bag and being handled can't be good.
If the fish is in dirty water from the lfs, and/or it poops in the bag the air is trapped in the bag which raises the c02. The c02 goes up and causes the ph to go down. Then you open the bag and the c02 gets released and the ph goes up quickly. Depending on these factors and how long the fish has been in the bag, sometimes a shorter acclimation is less damaging and therefore better. With corals and inverts, especially filter feeders, you should in most cases slow acclimate. But with fish that experience the process mentally, and as a result get stressed, more than 30 min imo is more harm than good.
FWIW the clock starts ticking when you open the bag, so when you float it leave it closed