i just bought him and am going to put him in my 5 gallon tank. he came in one of those plastic cups and now i dont know how to put him into the tank. usually, the fish i buy come in a bag and i leave the bag in the water for a few minutes. i dont know what to do with the cup though.
2007-02-28 08:24:20 · 15 answers · asked by Just Curious 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
i just bought him and am going to put him in my 5 gallon tank. he came in one of those plastic cups and now i dont know how to put him into the tank. usually, the fish i buy come in a bag and i leave the bag in the water for a few minutes. i dont know what to do with the cup though.
i can't just dump him in because he needs to get accustomed to the water temp.
2007-02-28 08:29:55 · update #1
Surely you have a plastic bag around the house that you could put him in while you acclimate him?
The real issue is not the temperature, it is the difference in the pH of his water and the tank water.
The way to acclimate a fish is to open the bag, roll the top down so there is an air filled ring around the top of the bag and float it in the tank. Then add about a half cup of tank water to the bag. Wait 15 minutes and add another half cup of tank water to the bag. Do this 4 more times for a total of 6 times during an hour and a half.
This way the pH in the bag is evened out with the pH in the tank and the shock of the change is spread out over the hour and a half. Many many fish are killed by just dumping them in a tank or just evening out the temp and forgetting about the pH differences. A difference of no more than .5 on the pH scale is enough to cause the fish to go into shock. He may recover, or he may not. pH shock presents itself as listlessness, loss of color, resting on the bottom or gasping at the top.
He will be OK in the cup for another day, you could go back to the fish store and ask them to give you a fish bag. Then you could dump him in the fish bag with his water and do the 1/2 cup every 15 minutes acclimatization.
Good luck.
2007-02-28 09:06:29 · answer #1 · answered by 8 In the corner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can do the same thing with the cup as you do with the bag. Just float his cup in the water and then slowly start poking small holes in the cup so the water will mix and he can better acclimate. Because he is in the cup, you can actually let him adjust for a little longer since you don't have to worry about him losing air.
OR
If you're not comfortable with this, get a bag and transfer the fish, with his water from the cup, into the bag and acclimate him the same way you would with a bag from the store.
Either way should work fine.
2007-02-28 08:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by wamathews 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just put the cup in the water for a few minutes and take the temp of both water sorces and if the water in the cup is still not up or down to the temp of the tank leave it in there for more time.
2007-02-28 08:42:41 · answer #3 · answered by Evin 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You could jsut hold the cup in the water so he can be acclimated, or you can pour some of the tank water in the cup so it over flows but mixes with the water in the cup or you can put him in a bag and acclimate him that way.
2007-02-28 08:31:43 · answer #4 · answered by jdecorse25 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make positive your tank is done of sparkling, sparkling water and enable it develop into room temperature. at the same time as the water is room temperature, slowly undesirable the water and your new puppy into the tank. there is not any favor to do away with your fish from the cup until eventually the water interior the cup is dirty; if so, take a small fish internet and heavily remove the fish, making positive no longer harm any scales or fins, and position it interior the water.
2016-12-05 01:56:25 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get the cup the same temperature as the tank and pour him in there slowly. He'll survive. Maybe you could even give him some food if he looks stressed as fish sometimes get that way when they have to suddenly get used to new water. It's like jumping in the lap pool after being in the jacuzzi. Just jump in!
2007-02-28 08:57:08 · answer #6 · answered by Namrata K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
easy solution is to dump the cup into a sandwich baggy, then float that int he water.
if the tank is heated which for a betta there's not reason to not heat a 5 gallon tank, it's big enough, slowly adding water from the tank won't work, because the warm water you add will cool down faster than it will heat the cup water. if you aren't heating the 5gallon then that way is perfectly fine also.
2007-02-28 08:34:46 · answer #7 · answered by Kylie Anne 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
try to make sure that the temp. of the water on the cup is same as the one in the tank. Otherwise don't worry about your beta It'll be fine since betas are extreamly immune to changes of surroundings.
2007-02-28 08:31:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hold the cup on the tank almost to the top of the cup for about 3-4 minutes that should be enuf time for the ater temps to match and then gently pour hi,/her in
2007-02-28 08:29:40 · answer #9 · answered by s10ls 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you have a baggie and a rubber band you can use you could just dump the fish and the water from his cup into a baggie make sure there is air in the baggie, tie it shut and adjust him the exact same way as you do your other fish.
Hope this helped :) That's what I did with my betta
2007-02-28 08:34:42 · answer #10 · answered by Maddie's Mommy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋