Re: NANFA-- temperature shock

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Sat, 18 May 2002 13:56:35 -0400

Sure. It's worked great for me with lots of different species, except for
female tub-raised Ameca splendens. (The females were dead the morning after
I brought them in.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Cezanne" <oblique_at_alum.mit.edu>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- temperature shock

> >Here's my advice.
> >
> >1) Shut your heaters off and let your tank temperature drop to room
> >temperature.
>
> the tank is unheated! :-)
>
>
> >2) Bring your fish in from outside in a six gallon bucket or two. Add
> >liberal amounts of Am Quell to the water. Use an airstone to bubble
oxygen
> >in to each container of fish.
> >
> >3) Let the bucket and the fish wait overnight until the water from
outside
> >reaches room temperature. Then you can add the fish to your established
> >tank.
>
> actually, that is great advice, they get used to the temperature over
night. I do have extra airstones and a million buckets.
>
> Thanks!
> --
> pZ -- Paul Cezanne
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there.

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