Acclimating fish

Which method of acclimation do you guys recommend? The fish I'll be acclimating are:

1 clownfish
1 royal gramma
1 bangaii cardinal
1 pink spot goby
And MAYBE a purple firefish
(obviously not all at once)

TIA

 

Drip acclimation is wildly used.

 

Drip for a good 20 minutes- 45 minutes IMO, too little or too much isn't good.

 

Alright so should I temp. acclimate first?

 

I have been using the drip method for the last few fish I have added

method as follows

take the fish and the contents of the bag it arrived in and gently open into a bucket
set up an airline syphon with a clamp if you have one, or a pulled tight loop if you do not have a clamp
start the syphon, tighten clamp or pull loop tight to allow 1 or 2 drops per second
allow to drip until contents of container have doubled
pour half the water away, and then continue to drip until water doubles again
at this stage, fish can removed from bucket and gently placed in the aquarium
some people use a net, I prefer to use my hand to gently lift the fish and place it in the tank

If these fish spend more than a few hours in the bag, say from internet purchase etc
then adding something like Seachems prime to the water in the bucket when you start the drip, will help to prevent the ammonia present , created by the fish doing its business in the bag , becoming a problem.

Steve

 

if you use the drip method ensuring the tank water is entering the water the fish arrived in slowly, then that takes care of the temp acclimitasation for you

 

What is the source of your fish? Overnight shipping or brought home from the LFS?

 

I've always used the turkey baster method with all my livestock. Temp-acclimate by hanging the bag inside the tank, then every 5 minutes remove one bulb of bag water and replace with one bulb of tank water. This method also ensures that ammonia won't be a problem as you are essentially doing frequent, small water changes in the bag until the sg and ph are the same.

 

Would that method only be ok for hardy fish or all fish?

 

do you add like 1-2 drops when you open the bag, and then a nother 1-2 drops after you empty out the filled bag and start to re fill it?