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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Stupid question, but are your fish acclimated to the temperature of the water before you put them in the tank?
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Good thought and important point... But yes. They came in plastic bags with a some of their own water. I floated their containers in the tank for almost three hours to allow the temperatures to sync. Then I lowered the tops and allowed some of the tank water to merge with the container water. After another 30 minutes I let the new fish swim out into the tank on their own. No extra stress.
As a young teenager, I had a small business setting up tanks in doctor's and dentist's offices. My father was a oral surgeon and I had set up a tank in his waiting room. His professional friends saw it, liked the idea of the tranquilizing effect of a tank (it wasn't a common thing in those days) and my father arranged for me to set them up, teach them daily routine, and I'd come around once a week to clean, change the filters, trim plants, etc. I also had several tanks in my room, breeding Hanel Guppies, Vailtail and LyreTail guppies, and Siamese Fighting Fish. (Oh... and Sea Monkeys. I fed those to the fish.) I tried my hand at salt water, raising miniature seahorses but in those days there wasn't much available help for home marine tanks where I lived.
This is why I'm so perplexed at this current situation. It's not as if I don't have a clue to running a tank! But nothing seems to be working. I lost 5 neons last night!
Stitchawl