{"id":157,"date":"2017-12-21T14:28:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/?p=157"},"modified":"2017-12-21T14:32:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:32:37","slug":"fish-acclimatization-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/fish-acclimatization-procedure\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Fish acclimatization procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"The fish arrives in bags that contain water and oxygen. The bags are packed in an isolated styrofoam box and carton.\r\n\"\"\r\n\"\"\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nIn some cases, a tranquilizer is added to the bags which minimize fish activity and therefore reduces oxygen consumption. Occasionally part of the fish will seem to be motionless – there’s no need to jump to conclusions, just follow the acclimatization process as described below.\r\n\r\nPrepare a big bucket\/can for acclimatization, Ammonia remover along with an air stone and tube connected to a pipe, before fish arrival.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n

Tube and pipe<\/em><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\nWhen unpacking the fish and acclimatizing it, you should darken the room (use only weak light for orientation).\r\n\r\n1)<\/strong> Open the box gently. Remove the bags mindfully and insert it into the tank for approximately 15 minutes.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n

This act is mainly intended to awaken the fish.<\/em><\/p>\r\n2)<\/strong> Open the bags carefully and put the fish in the bucket\/can with the water. After unpacking the fish, use a tube connected to a pipe for dripping fresh water from the tank to the bucket\/can containing the fish. Add the air stone to the bucket.\r\n\r\nAs soon as you unpack the fish use a quality Ammonia remover to eliminates dissolved toxins and Ammonia. Do not forget to cover the bucket to prevent fish leap.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n3)<\/strong> When the bucket is filled, catch the fish gently with a net, and insert it to the tank. Use the Ammonia remover and put it after acclimatization in the tank (if there’s water lacking in the tank, fill it).\r\n\r\n4)<\/strong> After you finish acclimating the fish in the tanks, leave a weak light. Approximately 12 hours later, open the light gradually. Try to feed the fish moderately 3-4 hours later on the day. Subsequent days after acclimatization, turn on \/off the light gradually to avoid fish stress\r\n\r\n5)<\/strong> You must consider that introducing new fish to the tank can cause an imbalance the aquarium parameters, so you may need to perform a 25% water changes after 3-4 days.\r\n\r\nEnjoy the hobby!<\/strong><\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fish arrives in bags that contain water and oxygen. The bags are packed in an isolated styrofoam box and carton. In some cases, a tranquilizer is added to the bags which minimize fish activity and therefore reduces oxygen consumption. Occasionally part of the fish will seem to be motionless – there’s no need to […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pisces-il.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}