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That was my thought as well, though ca, mg, alk may differ.Salinity and temperature would presumably match, as would pH (mostly, if in the same environment). I am definitely no fish expert, but am not sure what it would be acclimating for. Following!
Another thing I do is wait til my lights go out on the dt. Seems not to stress them put as much. Along with the other fish in the tank.
I agree, sensitivity does seem to get way overhyped. I just plopped a goby into my tank once, and he was fine. They also say that corals and inverts are even more sensitive. I acclimated my coral and pistol shrimp just like fish. I even pulled the coral out of my tank, dropped it into fw for 5 minutes, and it was still fine.I literally just drop the fish in tbh. I once received fish from liveaqauria that was literally 12 hours late in the winter. The clown was super cold and gasping and I was afraid an acclimation process would just kill him. I threw him in the tank without even temp acclimating and it was fine. Obviously this isn't ideal and for some fish it's a death sentence.
Anyways I think the sensitivity of saltwater fish is overhyped unless your taking fish from a salinity of 1.020 to 1.026 I don't think you really need to drip acclimate. And to be honest I don't even acclimate starfish and I have never lost one even if they get exposed to air.
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