I know that when a fish is shipped in the mail, the pH of the water goes down which lessens the toxicity of the ammonia which builds up in the water. For this reason, you are not supposed to drip acclimate the fish in that water.
Some people say to just match the SG of the QT tank and the bag water, float the bag to match the temp and them plunk them in. Should I be worried about pH shock if I am doing that? I've drip acclimated them before I read about the dangers of this, and I never really had a problem but I could have been lucky.
A fish from the LFS goes into a bucket with a small heater and then gets drip acclimated for 45-60 minutes. That's easy because it's a short trip and I don't worry about ammonia build-up.
Some people say to just match the SG of the QT tank and the bag water, float the bag to match the temp and them plunk them in. Should I be worried about pH shock if I am doing that? I've drip acclimated them before I read about the dangers of this, and I never really had a problem but I could have been lucky.
A fish from the LFS goes into a bucket with a small heater and then gets drip acclimated for 45-60 minutes. That's easy because it's a short trip and I don't worry about ammonia build-up.