Tomorrow I will be picking up two black clownfish from a fellow REEF2REEF member who is exiting the hobby. He is donating the clowns to my classroom. I do not plan on QTing the fish as they are healthy, but more importantly, I don’t have a QT setup. Can’t afford that right now. My tank salinity is 1.025. The tank the clowns are coming from is 35ppt. They will be in a bucket for a 45 minute ride from the pick up to my school. I don’t know how long they will be in the bucket from the previous owner’s home to the pickup location. How should I go about acclimating? Should I drip RODI to lower the salinity to match my aquarium? Is it enough of a difference to even matter? Should I just get them out of the bucket as fast as possible?
I will take any and all advice.
These will be my first saltwater fish. So this is new to me. Thank you for reading.
I will take any and all advice.
These will be my first saltwater fish. So this is new to me. Thank you for reading.