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This whole process, not including transportation, usually takes between thirty
minutes to an hour. Considering the benefits of healthy and stress-free fish,
it is something that can hardly be seen as a chore. Please follow these
guidelines each time you introduce fish to your tank, but do remember that
no matter what precautions you take, fish do stress easily, and if it is a weak
fish then there is little that you can do to keep it alive. Make sure to pick the
strongest and healthiest fish from the stock that is available to you, and if
there are only sick or weak fish to choose from, then wait for a new delivery.
This sounds harsh, as the fish you leave behind may very well die and not
be sold, but this will only encourage breeders and fish stores to house their
fish properly and keep their fish as healthy as possible.
ARTICLE INFORMATION:
Author: Peter McKane
Title: Fish Acclimatisation
Summary: A detailed article about how to introduce new fish to an
aquarium.
Contact for editing purposes:
email: [email protected]
Date first published: August 2005
Publication: Peter's website: www.helpthefish.org
Reprinted from Aquarticles:
Sept. 2005: Posted by Mike Talbot, of England, as part of the
database of his msn group: africanriftlakecichlids.
January 2006: Posted by Ján Hvizdák, of Kozice, Slovakia, on his
website aqua-fish.net