"chereena" wrote in message
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Of course I did.
they were in a bag floating on the water for about 3 hours before we
released them.
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That's not what I meant. That only equalizes the temperature, not the PH
and other factors involved. No need to float them for 3 hours. Even a
large bag would equalize in 15 to 20 minutes. When you acclimate them you
put them in a tub of some kind and gradually add pond water... slowly,
slowly, until the water in the tub is mostly pond water... them add them to
the pond.
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