| In your quest to finish setting up your freshwater | | | | store might contain chemicals, diseases, and bacteria |
| aquarium, you have fully cycled your tank and have | | | | that will contaminate your entire tank. You would not |
| already bought the fish from the pet store. You are | | | | want this for your clean tank. |
| told that as you get home, you should float the bag | | | | First and foremost, what you can do is to test the |
| first on your tank for the fish to be acclimated to | | | | water from the pet store. Surely, the store would |
| the water in your tank. This is not what acclimation is | | | | allow you to do this and they may even assist you |
| only about. You need to consider that there might be | | | | with this. You have to test the water's chemistry |
| a huge difference between the chemistry of the | | | | from their tank: pH, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. Test |
| water from the pet store and the water in your | | | | also the water in your tank where the fish will be |
| tank. It is not only about water temperature. | | | | transferred. Compare the results. This will give you an |
| Before, the usual practice of acclimating the new fish | | | | idea on how long you should perform acclimation. |
| to your tank involved pouring the entire contents of | | | | Acclimating your new fish with your freshwater |
| the fish bag to your tank. Initially, the bag is floated | | | | aquarium is very essential and should not be taken |
| on the tank for about 30 minutes and after this, the | | | | lightly. This is one of the most important things to do |
| bag is opened and the contents are slowly poured | | | | so that you would have a successful management of |
| into the freshwater aquarium, fish and water included. | | | | your new aquarium hobby. |
| This could be very risky. Why? Not only can the fish | | | | There are two methods of freshwater aquarium |
| get shocked with the large portion of new water | | | | acclimation Learn about them. |
| that it isn't familiar with but the water from the pet | | | | |