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Originally posted by Mavrk
Even if you know the LFS, the water contains a lot of ammonia from the stressing fish in the little bag. It is always better not to add the water to avoid introducing these pollutants (or anything else the LFS might have... since most of us are not so close to the owners).
I find drip acclimation is the best, but the adding water slowly works fine. Just be sure to test the salinity of the water and make sure they match by the end of the hour or two.
On another note, you really should put the fish in a QT (quarantine tank) first for 6 weeks before adding it to your tank.
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I have never qt'd a fish or a snail or a crab or the starfish or NEM in our 31.
NCguy you have a point and that is why I specified about our SG and the LFS we deal with and their SG not something I would reccomend to everyone but for us it is fine due to our situation.