redlessi

I have a 35 gal and a 72 gal, both water params are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate, pH is the same and the temp is the same. I want to put the fish from the 35 into the 72. Can I just switch them around? Would I still need to acclimate them?

Thanks much

Nutter

If all the parameters are the same, especially the temp, PH & GH & the quality readings are the same then there's no reason they should suffer from just being switched over. With all my tanks I move fish fairly often & don't have any problems as longs as there are only small differences in the water parameters & quality between tanks.

redlessi

Thanks much. I have taken some guppies from the 72 and put in the 35 without any problems. I thought the fish in the 35 might be a little more sensitive than guppies so I just want to be sure.

Nutter

Shouldn't be a problem. I find my guppies to be the most fragile of all my fish when it comes to transport & swithching tanks. As stupid as that sounds. Most of your list are pretty hardy fish so they should be fine. You can acclimate the rams & gourami in a bucket for a few hrs using the drip method if your worried about them but the others should be fine.

mefishyguy

Agreed, if everything is the EXACT same or around there it really shouldnt be a problem

~mefishyguy

agabr123

it's impossible for your two tanks to be exactly the same, i'd acclimate them but you probably don't need to do it for an entire hour, 15 minutes or so should do the trick just to be sure

redlessi

Not quite sure how to do it. Should I put them in a container or something and add water from the big tank??

Meenu

I put them in a container, stick some airline tubing into the big tank, start a flow going, and let the airline tubing bring water into a container. It's pretty slow. I like this better than dumping in a cup of water every few minutes.

edit: just last week I added a airline airflow regulator (cost $1) to control how much water, so I could "drip" acclimate the new neons.

agabr123

+2

Nutter

When the parameters & wuality are as close together as this then the tiny difference in the water won't make the slightest difference to the fish. They are far tougher than most people think. Just being moved & getting used to new decor will cause way more stress than the minor differences in the water ever will. Why stress the fish even more by putting it in a bucket & then putting it in the tank. All it will do is increase the stress levels within the fish by moving it twice & drawing the whole process out. All well & good to acclimate fish when the water is drastically different but in this case it will not help one little bit. Garunteed.

bolivianbaby

Acclimation won't hurt, but if your parameters are that close, I don't think it's necessary. I switch fish from tank to tank quite often (crazy cichlid personalities) and since most of my tanks are very close in water parameters, I usually don't acclimate.

Jaysee

Why? As long as the water chmistry in each tank isn't altered and regular maintanance is done, the water ought to be pretty close...close enough for me to considder them the same.

I move fish around between tanks when needed, without any acclimation, and it's never been a problem. I do weekly 50% changes though, so I'm confident that the water in each of my tanks is close to the source. I want my tank water to be as close to the source as possible.

redlessi

I do weekly water changes both tanks so they should be as close as it can get. I dont use chemicals in either tank.