Okay, after losing two Angels in 24 hours, I plan on trying again.
The general recommendation seems to be drip acclimation. But I am not entirley sure how to do this. My general thoughts are below, please provide feedback.
Container About 5 gallons
Spare Heater and thermometer
Airline
Setup the container below the main tank, add the fish and as much water from the store as possible to it.
Add heater and thermometer to the container to bring the temp to same as main tank.
Using airline start a siphon from the main tank into container.
Once done net fish into main tank.
Questions:
Is a 5G enough or too much? The challenge is how much water I will get with the fish. They need something to swim in while the water siphones in.
Do I need to worry about the flow rate through the airline?
Should I just keep adding and draining water until PH match or use some other guidline?
Any other suggestions?
The general recommendation seems to be drip acclimation. But I am not entirley sure how to do this. My general thoughts are below, please provide feedback.
Container About 5 gallons
Spare Heater and thermometer
Airline
Setup the container below the main tank, add the fish and as much water from the store as possible to it.
Add heater and thermometer to the container to bring the temp to same as main tank.
Using airline start a siphon from the main tank into container.
Once done net fish into main tank.
Questions:
Is a 5G enough or too much? The challenge is how much water I will get with the fish. They need something to swim in while the water siphones in.
Do I need to worry about the flow rate through the airline?
Should I just keep adding and draining water until PH match or use some other guidline?
Any other suggestions?