Blueline angel, acclimation question.

[Damnhor2]

Can anyone tell me how long do I need to acclimate a Blueline angel?
and by which method?, cup of water, drip...

 

[Len]

I would trip the acclimation the same way as any larger fish. Drip is always better, and a minimum of 30 minutes, though the larger the fish, the longer i usually acclimate.

 

[jhemdal1]

One word of caution - I often hear people say "longer acclimation is better". This is only the case if all life support criteria are properly maintained. I have seen people lose fish because they acclimated too slowly and the dissolved oxygen dropped. I've also seen people use a drip acclimation on a large angelfish, in a white styro. What do you think is more stressful for the fish, a five dregree temperature change or being held in a white box for two hours with a "monster" that keeps staring down at them? I've also seen people delay acclimation beyond the point where the critical parameters are already matched (e.g. - "I floated the fish for two hours - just to be safe" and the person never bothered to discover that the temperature had equilized in the first 15 minutes<grin>.

JHemdal

 

[Damnhor2]

Well. I ended up acclimating it for 20 minutes. bag floating in the water, a cup of water after 5 minutes and so on and so on.

Meanwhile after 20 days he is doing great

pictures coming soon...