Emergency Help with Green Spot Puffer!

[Wy Renegade]

Help! I had a student litterally walk in with a healthy looking 2" GSP in a bag and said, "here you go". I Got a bag of Aquarium Jungle Salt and a 5 gallon tank with it, with instructions to follow the instructions on the bag of salt.

A little research has revealed that these fish convert from fresh to brackish and then to salt, and they need a much larger tank than a 5gal one. So one of my questions is that I have a fully cycled 30gal salt tank with no other fish in it right now, can I acclimate the fish and place it in the saltwater tank? Keep in mind, its currently in about 2 cups of water in a plastic bag. IF I can do so, can I just use a drip line to slowly raise the salinity of the little bit of water that its in?

Any and all help greatly appreciated

 

[Mike&Terry]

What's the salinity in the bag?

Can you match your tank salinity and ph to the water in the bag? If so, then you can acclimate him over a much longer period of time w/out having to deal w/PH or ammonia spikes. I do this with delicate fish all the time.

 

[Wy Renegade]

Thanks, the bag was 1.005, so I'm doing a very slow drip acclimation (about 1 drop per second) to slowly raise the salinity and pH to match that of the tank.