Moving from quarantine to main tank

[rr.gurl]

I need to move 5 juvenile SAE from quarantine to main. The quarantine tank is 7.6 pH and main is heavy CO2 6.4 (co2 and lights on). 
What is the best way to do this to stress them the least? 

[Keeg]

I would drip acclimate them in a bucket, similar to salt water fish. And try to bring the ph in the main tank up so that the quarantine fish doent have to transition as much. After drip acclimating them, turn off the lights in main tank and then just a cup/ bowl/ or whatever to move them rather than a net. 

[rr.gurl]

The ph naturally rises when the CO2/lights go off at night.   I do plan on moving them first thing in the morning after a water change and keep the CO2/ lights off. That will help right? 

[Keeg]

Yep, just making the main tank parameters closer to the quarantines will allow for a less stressful transition 

[Mmiller2001]

Put them in after your big water change. Right after.

Edited September 15, 2021 by Mmiller2001