New Fish Integration
The following steps are guidelines for integrating your newly purchased fish into your aquarium. We always recommend quarantining your fish for a minimum of 2 weeks prior to placing them in a show aquarium.
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| Freshwater Fish: |
| 1) |
Turn off the aquarium lights to reduce stress. |
| 2) |
Float the bag, containing the fish, in the aquarium for 15 minutes to equalize water temperature. |
| 3) |
Add 1/2 cup of aquarium water into the bag every 5 minutes until bag is full or until the original amount of water is doubled. |
| 4) |
Remove fish from bag and place into tank. Disgard all water remaining in bag. |
| 5) |
Leave lights off in aquarium for 1-2 hours. |
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| Discus & Saltwater Fish: |
| 1) |
Place fish into a clean bucket with all packaging water. |
| 2) |
Use air line tubing to siphon water from the tank into the bucket at a rate of 1-5 drops/sec depending on the volume of original water. A loose knot can be tied in the air line tubing to regulate the water flow. |
| 3) |
Let the water volume at least double or let the bucket completely fill. This should take about 20-40 minutes.
* As you are acclimating, you can use a profolactic dip such as Paraguard at 3ml/gal for the removal of possible external parasites. |
| 4) |
Turn off lights to reduce aggression from dominate tank mates. Remove fish from bucket and place into tank. |
| 5) |
Discard water in bucket and top off tank. |
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