The people at my local pet store did not tell me I needed to do that.
That's why I released them in the upper pond [ which they said was
fine]. I treated the water with ph solution yesterday, but otherwise
it looks fine. Everyone is now telling me the uper pond is being
used as a veggie filter. As soon as I get more plants down below I
will need to somehow catch and move them.


On Apr 15, 9:50 am, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"chereena" wrote in message

oups.com...
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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