Acclimation Help

[CoralJunkie]

I’ve done a little digging on this and I figured I would ask here. I ordered a clownfish however it was delayed 1 day in transit. Do I temp acclimate and toss in or do an actual acclimation? I’ve read conflicting things on this due to the potential ammonia spike as soon as the bag is opened.

 

[JPags]

just had this happen to me and I acclimated them. One fish made it the other did not. I think it’s a crap shoot either way and depends upon fish health before they were shipped.

The one that did not make it lasted the day and died over night.

 

[ChrisPchef]

Personally, I would temp acclimate and then drop him in. You’ll be able to smell the built up ammonia the second you open the bag.

 

[thrillreefer]

As long as your salinity is not a lot higher than the shipper’s salinity, I vote drop right in. If you have a QT at 1.020 etc, def just drop in. Ammonia will become more toxic as pH rises from adding fresh acclimation water, and this may stress/kill the fish, before any benefits of a slower transition. Going from acidic nasty bag water to fresh nice reef water in one jump is probably less stressful. Also clownfish are pretty hardy, good luck!

 

[Chrisnnemo]

Interesting, was not aware