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Placing the Fish in the Tank |
It is important to follow the steps described below. While goldfish are a hardy breed, they are not the best travelers, and tend to go into shock during transportation and introduction into a new tank.
1. When you get home, take the plastic baggies of fish and place them in the tank without opening them. This helps to allow the temperature in the bag to acclimate to the temperature of the tank. Let it sit for ten or fifteen minutes.
2. Open the bag and let air get in it. Take a handful of water from the tank and pour it into the bag. Let this stand for other ten or fifteen minutes.
3. Lift the bag out of the aquarium and discard half to two thirds of the water in the bag (you don't want to dump a lot of water from someone else's aquarium into your own). Place a fishnet in front of the bag just to make sure the fish don't accident swim out. Pour some more water from your aquarium into the bag and let it sit for another five to ten minutes.
4. Dump the remaining contents of the bag into your tank, fish and all.
Note: It is important to know that you really should buy and introduce into the aquarium all your goldfish within three to six weeks of each other. Introducing a new goldfish much later, after the fish have already set up certain patterns, may result in aggressive behavior, disrupting the tank. All the fish should be of approximately the same size and age.
1. When you get home, take the plastic baggies of fish and place them in the tank without opening them. This helps to allow the temperature in the bag to acclimate to the temperature of the tank. Let it sit for ten or fifteen minutes.
2. Open the bag and let air get in it. Take a handful of water from the tank and pour it into the bag. Let this stand for other ten or fifteen minutes.
3. Lift the bag out of the aquarium and discard half to two thirds of the water in the bag (you don't want to dump a lot of water from someone else's aquarium into your own). Place a fishnet in front of the bag just to make sure the fish don't accident swim out. Pour some more water from your aquarium into the bag and let it sit for another five to ten minutes.
4. Dump the remaining contents of the bag into your tank, fish and all.
Note: It is important to know that you really should buy and introduce into the aquarium all your goldfish within three to six weeks of each other. Introducing a new goldfish much later, after the fish have already set up certain patterns, may result in aggressive behavior, disrupting the tank. All the fish should be of approximately the same size and age.
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