Bringing The Fish Home
When you buy new fish for a tank, you can take a few steps to make sure your fish get home safely. Before you go to buy fish you may want to plan your day. If you live close to where you buy fish, then it could be very easy to insure the fish get home safely. If you live farther away the process for getting the fish home might be a bit harder.
If you live far away then planning when and how you get the fish home can be vital. If you cannot get the fish home right away you might consider investing in a small plastic transporting tank. A tank can help the fish feel more safe and they will have airflow in the tank.
The biggest mistake that most people make is leaving their fish in the car alone. This can cause the fish to die and is a very easily fixed mistake. If you leave the fish in the car they can overheat or freeze. Always keep someone in the car with the fish.
The fish can overheat and freeze, but if someone is with the fish they will be fine. Leaving the fish in the bags is fine, for a short period of time. The fish cannot survive long without airflow. If it is possible the fish should be put in a plastic tank.
When the fish are home there is one step left to insure their security to the tank. If the fish were in the small tank, put them back in the bags. Float the bags in the tank for at lest twenty minutes to get the fish used to the water. When the fish are acclimated net out he fish and put them in the tank. Do not dump the water into your tank; you can avoid diseases and bad water by not pouring out the water into your tank.
Float the fish the fish in the tank for around thirty minutes. After they have been exposed to the temperature of the tank, release them into the tank. A good tip is to not pour the water from the bags into the tank. Putting water that is from other tanks could be contaminated. Net out the fish and put them in the tank the tank. Putting the fish in the tank without the bag water can also prevent diseases.
Roshan Goodman gives tips on fish tank and on aquarium help.
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