Water acclamation for fish

[Josh333]

How many of you guys use the plop and drop method? 

 

 

 

 

[nabokovfan87]

For just about everything yeah. For shrimp I use a cup and a hang on box and add water for a little bit to better give them a slower acclimation.

[Josh333]

On 4/3/2022 at 7:03 PM, nabokovfan87 said:

For just about everything yeah. For shrimp I use a cup and a hang on box and add water for a little bit to better give them a slower acclimation.

Oh yeah definitely I drip acclimate my shrimp

[lefty o]

for fish, ill float them for 15-30 minutes for temp acclimation, then dump them in the tank.

[Henry the fish keeper]

Sometimes I use drip acclamation for fish/snails so then they can get used to their new environment. 

Edited April 4, 2022 by Henry Li

[Guppysnail]

I use float 15-20 minutes then open bag dump through a net so bag water is not in tank and place fish in tank. I drip shrimp. 

[Tanked]

In between tanks I plop and drop.  The conditions are nearly identical.  New fish still get temperature acclimated.  Except for zero nitrate, the LFS water also tests very close to mine.

[Atitagain]

Plop and drop through a net for most. Shrimp, snails, and fish that I feel are not looking well or are know to be sensitive; rummynose tetra, German blue rams, pea puffers, cardinal tetra few examples. I place them in a specimen container 1/2-ish with their water and every 10-ish minutes I give a squirt from a turkey baster of tank water. Do this till I’m comfortable it’s enough then plop and drop. Never using any of the shipping water.

[Jenja]

Plop and drop between my tanks (old ferrero rocher container being my go to transport tool between tanks), and drip acclimate anything new. Gives the critters a nice slow introduction to my specific ph/gh/kh and I get a half hour to relax, so win-win 😁

[Widgets]

I plop and drop between tanks, but anything new to my water gets the drip accumulation. I have a clear 12 quart food storage bin from a restaurant supply company as my vessel. It lets watch as fish adapt to my water. I use this time look for signs of disease or any other signs of distress.

[Apulo]

I drip acclimate any new critter I put in either tank. I use an ACO specimen container and a length of airline tubing with a valve on it to control flow. It works great.