So Saturday technically today. In the morning I will switch all the fish again to the cleaned out first container. So I have found a few things to be successful with this.
1) Keep the heater in a high flow area and dial it down lower if it is in the summer. Around 77 to 78 degrees.
2) Watch the PH. This is critical especially when transferring the fish. So the PH drops in my container to about 8.0. I am adding some PH solution to bring it up to match the target water. I used 2 capfuls and waited 30 mins. I tested and added 2 more which brought it to 8.2. The water in my transfer target tank is at 8.4. I am waiting until morning because I do not want to shock the fish and I will probably need to add 4 more capfuls of the PH solution to where they are at to get the water to match.
3) Keep the salinity as close as you can. Water they are in is a little above 1.024 specific gravity. The target tank is exactly 1.024 so going to a slightly lower is preferable than higher.
4) I have around 40 gallons they are in. I am dosing around 4 to 6 capfuls of Seachem Stability daily. I am also dosing half a capful daily of Seachem Prime. All of these keep the dangerous toxins from harming the fish while they stay in the container. Below is the list of products.
Brightwell Aquatics PH - http://www.marinedepot.com/Brightwell_Aquatics_pH%2B_Liquid_pH_Increaser_for_all_Marine_Aquaria_500ml_17oz_Liquid_pH_KH_Buffer_Additives_Supplements-Brightwell_Aquatics-BW01042-FIADPKLA-vi.html
Seachem Prime
http://www.marinedepot.com/Seachem_Laboratories_Prime_Tap_Water_Chlorine_Chloramine_Removers-Seachem-SC4435-FIADWTTCDC-vi.html
Seachem Stability
http://www.marinedepot.com/Seachem_Laboratories_Freshwater_and_Marine_Stability_Bacteria_Water_Treatments_Conditioners-Seachem-SC4485-FIADWTBS-vi.html
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