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last updated July 16, 2010 8:56 ET
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Fish acclimatization or how not to kill your fish on the first day!
Common “wisdom” in books and “experienced” fish keeper tell you to float the bag with your newly arrived fish to adjust the temperature; that is the worst possible solution and nonsense that has survived forever. Why am I saying that? Well-packaged fish can survive 2-3 days in a bag with no problem. The water may be cold and a bit filthy, but the metabolism of the fish is slow now because conditions in the bag have worsened only gradually and they have adapted. When you warm up the dirty water, the metabolism kicks back in and the fish get terrified due to the light and warmth. If the bag remains closed, low oxygen levels may now lead to suffocation because the fish panic and use more oxygen. In normal fish bags (non-breather) there is also an excess of carbon dioxide (CO2), which means that the pH has dropped slowly because of continuous formation of carbonic acid (CO2 + H2O = H2CO3). However, as soon as you open the bag, the CO2 escapes quickly and the pH can rush up from <6 to >7.5. If there is any ammonium (NH4+) present, it will quickly turn into ammonia (NH3), burning the gills, fins, and skin of your fish. The higher the temperature the faster this process becomes.
How do I do it?
When you unpack, pour the fish immediately with some transport water into an open container so their bodies are covered (careful, some may jump out). Then add water from the new tank using a cup so that the temperature is barely increasing. If the transport water is very cold (<60 °F), use cold water for the change. The point is to replace the transport water with all the filthy stuff quickly and then bring the temperature up slowly by either waiting or gradually adding warmer water. Once the temperature is within 3-4 °F, take a net and move the fish to their new home. Discard all the transport water. You will rarely lose fish that way. The slow process also allows for the pH to gradually adjust without shocking your new arrivals. Note: sturdier fish can be moved without adapting at all if the temperature/pH is not very different (within 5 °F/0.2 pH difference): just net them out of the transport water and move them to the tank or container.
A word about my fish!
I do not sell imported or trans-shipped fish. What I sell was born in my home and has been raised here. If you are looking for cheap fish, congratulations, you have found the wrong website! As a geneticist I have learned a few details about broodstock selection and I am proud of my fry. I raise them to the best of my knowledge and cull accordingly, so availability is limited. I guarantee Swiss Quality!
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| Thumbnail | Species name | Natural distribution and origin of my fish (if known) |
Offspring available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loricariidae - Suckermouth Catfish | |||
Ancistrus sp. L107/L184 |
Rio Negro, Brazil Wild and F1 via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
 |
Pucallpa Bristlenose Pleco Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.242-243 |
Pucallpa, Peru Wild via Byerly's, Columbus, breeding regularly |
$5.00 (1-2 inch) |
Ancistrus sp. "Pucallpa Gold" |
Pucallpa, Peru Mutants bred from wild strain above, breeding regularly |
$8.00 (1-2 inch) |
|
 |
Snowflake Bristlenose Pleco Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.260-261 |
Rio Negro basin?, exported via Manaus, Brazil F1 via aqua-global, Germany |
breeding |
Ancistrus sp. L159 "Wormline" Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.204-205 |
Igarape Altamira, Rio Xingu, Brazil F1 via aqua-global, Germany |
sold out | |
Ancistrus punctatus (L120/L182) Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.196-197 |
Rio Negro, Brazil F1 via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Ancistrus claro (LDA8) Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.148-150 |
Rio Cuiaba, Brazil F1 via aqua-global, Germany |
sold out | |
Ancistrus sp. L309 Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.216-217 |
Rio Tapajos, Brazil Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Ancistrus sp. L213 Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.208-209 |
Rio Tapajos, Brazil Wild via Exotic Finds, NJ |
no | |
Ancistrus sp. "Honey Comb" Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.264-265 |
Brazil Tankraised via Sven Seidel, Chemnitz, Germany |
sold out | |
Ancistrus pirareta (LDA53) Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.172-173 |
Lower Paraguay River drainage, Paraguay Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
F1 few $15.00 |
|
Ancistrus triradiatus Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.182-183 |
Orinoco River tributaries; Valencia Lake basin and Los Guayos River basin; Southern tributaries of Lake Maracaibo basin, Venezuela & Colombia Wild from Colombia via aqua-global, Germany |
sold out | |
Ancistrus sp. "Rio Araguaia White Spot" Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.248-249 |
Rio Araguaia, Brazil Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
breeding | |
Ancistrus sp. "Rio Ucayali Gold Spot" Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 2: p.259-260 |
Northeastern Peru Wild via Peter Shepard, OH |
no | |
Ancistrus sp. "Paraguay Red Spot" Paraguay Red Spot Bristlenose |
Paraguay Tankraised via Aquarium Dietzenbach and Carsten Goll, Germany |
breeding | |
Ancistrus cf. multispinis Rio de Janeiro Bristlenose |
Macacú River in the north to Maquiné River in the south, Eastern Brazil Wild via Aquarium Dietzenbach, Germany |
no | |
Ancistrus sp. L100 Powder Bristlenose |
Rio Xingu, Brazil by-catch of A. ranunculus Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
 |
Microsturisoma Pleco (LG4 in Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 1 English) |
imported together with Otocinclus from Paraguay Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
sold out |
Hemiloricaria lanceolata Chocolate Whiptail |
Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
 |
Hemiloricaria melini Apache Whiptail |
Manacapuru, Rio Solimoes, Brazil Tankraised via aqua-global, Germany |
no |
Hemiloricaria eigenmanni Eigenmann Whiptail |
Venezuela, Colombia Wild imports |
no | |
| Hemiloricaria sp. "Rio Nanay" | Rio Nanay, Peru. Parental fish collected by Werner Seuss, Sparneck, Germany Offspring via Uwe Wolf, Zella-Mehlis, Germany |
no | |
 |
Red Lizard Whiptail |
Aquarium strain from Germany Tankraised via aqua-global, Germany |
no |
 |
Aphanotorulus ammophilus (L94/L123) Spotted Sandtiger |
Portuguesa River basin, Venezuela F1 from Uwe Wolf, Zella-Mehlis, Germany |
no |
Hypancistrus sp. L260 Queen Arabesque Pleco |
Rio Tapajos, Brazil Wild imports |
sold out | |
Hypancistrus sp. L262 Spotted Queen Arabesque Pleco |
Rio Tapajos, Brazil Tankraised via Brian's Tropicals, OH |
no | |
| Hypancistrus sp. L28 | Rio Guama, Brazil Wild via Exotic Finds, NJ |
no | |
| Hypancistrus sp. L136/LDA5/LDA6 | Rio Demini, Brazil F1 via aqua-global, Germany |
breeding | |
Spectracanthicus sp. L254 Peppermint Vampire Pleco |
Rio Xingu, Brazil Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Baryancistrus sp. L142/LDA33 Snowball Pleco |
Rio Tapajos, Brazil Wild via Peter Shepard, OH |
no | |
| Leporacanthicus sp. L241 | Upper Rio Orinoco, Venezuela Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
breeding | |
 |
Brown Sultan Vampire Pleco |
Rio Tapajos, Brazil Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
sold out |
Pseudoacanthicus sp. "Alenquer" Alenquer Vampire Pleco |
unknown, maybe Rio Tapajos? exported via Alenquer, Brazil F1 tankraised from Germany |
no | |
Hypostomus faveolus (L37) Honeycomb Hypostomus |
Rio Araguaia, Brazil Wild via Amazontropical |
no | |
Peckoltia compta (L134) Irregular banded L134 |
Rio Tapajos, Brazil Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Peckoltia compta (L134) F1 regular banded L134 |
Rio Tapajos, Brazil Tankraised via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Peckoltia vittata (L15) Candy Stripe Peckoltia |
Rio Xingu, Brazil Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Peckoltia sp. "Rio Paru" Rio Paru Tributary Peckoltia |
Rio Paru drainage, Brazil Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
breeding | |
Peckoltia sp. L38 L38 Pleco |
Mocajuba, Rio Tocantins, Brazil Wild via Amazontropical |
breeding | |
Ancistomus sp. L243 L243 Pleco |
Rio Orinoco, Venezuela, Colombia Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Ancistomus sp. L387 L387 Pleco |
Colombia Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
breeding | |
| Callichthyidae - Armored Catfish | |||
| Aspidoras cf. albater | unknown Tankraised via Frank Falcone, NJ |
breeding | |
Aspidoras depinnai De Pinna Cory |
Ipojuca River basin, Brazil. Tankraised via Carsten Goll, Germany |
no | |
Corydoras sp. CW030 Vitoria Cory |
Rio Xingu, Brazil Tankraised via Robert Budrovcan, Germany |
no | |
Corydoras pygmaeus Pygmy Cory |
Madeira River basin, Brazil Wild via Byerly's, Columbus, OH |
no | |
Corydoras sp. C141 C141 Cory |
unknown Wild imports from FryBabies, PA |
no | |
Corydoras concolor Rusty Slate Cory |
Rio Meta, Colombia Wild via aqua-global, Germany and |
no | |
| Corydoras brevirostris | Guyana Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Corydoras oiapoquensis Oyapock Cory |
Oyapock River basin, Brazil & French Guiana Tankraised via Erik Schiller, Germany |
no | |
Corydoras habrosus Checkerboard Cory |
Upper Orinoco River basin, Colombia Wild via Frank's Aquarium, NY |
no | |
Corydoras osteocarus Osteocarus Cory |
Suriname Tankraised via Carsten Goll, Germany |
no | |
Corydoras sp. C091 Huallaga Cory |
Rio Huallaga, Peru Wild via Aquarium Glaser, Germany |
no | |
Corydoras parallelus Parallel Stripe or Two Line Cory (C002) |
Rio Içana, Rio Negro drainage, Brazil Tankraised via Eric Bodrock at All Oddball Aquatics, PA |
no | |
| Akysidae - Asian Stream Catfish | |||
Akysis prashadi Prashad's Catfish |
Indawgyi Lake and Kamaing in the Myitkyina dist., Upper Myanmar Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
| Bagridae - Asian Antennae Catfish | |||
Hyalobagrus flavus Shadow Catfish |
Danau Arang Arang in the vicinity of Muara Kompeh, Jambi Province, Sumatra Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
Mystus bimaculatus Two-Spot Catfish |
Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Sumatra Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
| Mochokidae - Upside-Down Catfish | |||
| Mochokiella paynei | Kassawe Forest Reserve, Sierra Leone Wild via Ted Judy, WI |
no | |
| Erethistidae - Moth Catfish | |||
Pseudolaguvia tuberculatus Hornet Catfish |
Myitkyina dist., Upper Myanmar Wild via Frank's Aquarium, NY |
no | |
| Cichlidae - Cichlids | |||
Pelvicachromis taeniatus "Moliwe" Moliwe Taeniatus |
Moliwe, Cameroon Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
sold out |
|
Pterophyllum altum True Altum Angelfish |
Rio Orinoco drainage, Colombia Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Pterophyllum sp. "Surinam Red Spot" Suriname Red Spot Angelfish |
Guyana Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Pterophyllum scalare "Peru Altum" Peruvian Altum Angelfish |
Peru Wild via Peter Shepard, OH |
no |
|
| Cyprinidae - Barbs & Danios | |||
 |
Vietnamese Mountain Minnow or Vietnamese White Cloud |
River Ben Hai, Vietnam Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
10/$30.00 20/$55.00 |
Puntius rhomboocellatus Rhombo Barb |
Borneo, Indonesia Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Puntius fasciatus Red Melon Barb |
India Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
Puntius semifasciolatus Neon Stripe Copper Barb |
Red River basin, southwestern China, including Hainan, Vietnam Wild via Frank's Aquarium, NY |
10/$30.00 20/$55.00 |
|
| Puntius aurotaeniatus | Cambodia and Vietnam Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
| Puntius lineatus | Malaysia and Indonesia Wild imports via Scales Tropical Fish Warehouse, MD |
no | |
Puntius meingangbii Manipur Jasper Barb |
India Wild via Frank's Aquarium, NY |
no | |
Puntius padamya Odessa Barb |
Myanmar, artificial pond in Toe Gyi village, situated just above the Anisakan Falls, near Pyin Oo Lwin, on the road Mandalay-Hsipaw, and from the lower Chindwin River Tankraised via Charley Grimes, IN |
no | |
Puntius erythromycter Lipstick Barb |
Myanmar Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
breeding | |
Puntius sp. Dwarf Panda Barb |
Myanmar Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Puntius nigrofasciatus Black Ruby Barb (very nice wildtype strain) |
Kelani to Nilwala basins in Sri Lanka Tankraised via aqua-global, Germany |
sold out |
|
Puntius bimaculatus Red Two Spot Barb |
India Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
sold out |
|
Puntius vittatus Green Stripe Barb |
Sri Lanka, by-catch of Rasbora caverii Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
 |
Indian Panda Barb |
India Wild from The Fish Place, North Tonawanda, NY |
no |
Puntius cf. filamentosus Indian Threadfin Barb |
India Wild via Frank's Aquarium, NY |
no | |
Puntius foerschi Foersch's Fire Barb |
Borneo, Indonesia Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
Puntius tiantian Burmese Bumble Bee Barb |
Ayeyarwaddy River drainage, Nan Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
Puntius denisonii Redline Torpedo Barb |
India Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
Puntius everetti Red Clown Barb |
Highlands of Kota Tinggi, Malaysia Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
Puntius narayani Narayan Barb |
India Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Puntius phutunio Spotted Sail Barb |
India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar Wild via Aquarium Glaser, Germany |
no | |
Puntius oligolepis Checkerboard Barb |
Sumatra, Indonesia Wild via Frank's Aquarium, NY |
no | |
Rasbora kalochroma Clown Rasbora |
Malay Peninsula and Indonesia (Borneo and Sumatra Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
| Rasbora spilocerca | Mekong basin Wild via Tony & Rose Orso, NY |
no | |
Danio sp. Himalayan Lemon Danio |
Myanmar? Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
Danio nigrofasciatus Spotted Danio |
Northern Myanmar Tankraised via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
Danio sp. "Hikari" Hikari Danio |
Myanmar Tankraised via Dennis Ball, OH |
no | |
Danio kyathit Spotted Orangefin Danio |
Hpa-Lap Chaung, Mogaung, and Chindwin River, Myanmar Wild via The Fish Place, North Tonawanda, NY |
no | |
 |
Blue Snakeskin Danio |
India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar? F1 from Ingo Seidel, Germany & |
sold out |
| Danio dangila | India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar Wild imports |
no | |
Danio aesculapii Panther Danio, TW03 |
Thandwe, Rakhine, Myanmar Wild imports |
10/$30.00 |
|
 |
Blue Trout Danio |
Gwa township, Rakhine, Myanmar Wild imports |
10/$40.00 |
Devario devario Devario Danio |
Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Devario aequipinnatus "Wild Stock!" real nice colors! |
Sri Lanka, by-catch of Rasbora caverii Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
6/$25.00 12/$40.00 |
|
Devario xyrops Broken Line Devario |
Myanmar, by-catch of D. dangila Wild imports |
no | |
Devario shanensis Blue Bar or Shan Devario |
Myitnge watershed of the Irrawaddy River, Myanmar Wild imports |
sold out | |
 |
Notropis chrosomus Rainbow Shiner |
Collected by Tim Wolfe in a tributary of Cahaba River near Centreville, AL. In 1998 to Gerald Pottern, Raleigh, NC. In 2007 tankraised via Eric Bodrock at All Oddball Aquatics, PA |
no |
Garra flavatra Panda Garra |
Myanmar Wild via Frank's Aquarium, NY |
no | |
| Balitoridae - River Loaches | |||
Sewellia lineolata Reticulated Butterfly Loach |
China, Viet Nam, Cambodia. Known from the Mekong basin Tankraised via Brian's Tropicals, OH |
no | |
Sewellia sp. "Spotted" Spotted Butterfly Loach |
Viet Nam Wild via Frank's Aquarium, NY |
no | |
Sewellia elongata Giraffe Butterfly Loach |
Viet Nam, Wild via Frank's Aquarium, NY |
no | |
Sinogastromyzon wui Wui's Butterfly Loach |
Nanpan-jiang and Xi-jiang basins in Guangdong and Guanxi provinces, China Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
 |
Indian Lemon Loach |
Manipur State, India to Peninsular Thailand Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
sold out |
Mesonoemacheilus triangularis Zodiac Loach |
Kerala and Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India F1 from Sally Boggs via Eric Bodrock at All Oddball Aquatics, PA |
no | |
Mesonoemacheilus guentheri Guenther's Zodiac Loach |
India Wild via Frank's Aquarium, NY |
no | |
Nemacheilus binotatus Two-spotted River Loach |
Chao Phraya and Mae Khlong, Thailand Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Schistura corica Spotted Jumping Loach |
India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh Wild via The Fish Place, North Tonawanda, NY |
sold out | |
Schistura pridii Dwarf Dragon Loach |
Chao Phraya drainage, Thailand Wild via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
| Schistura balteata | Myanmar Wild imports |
no | |
| Poeciliidae - Poeciliid Livebearers & Killies | |||
Xiphophorus montezumae Tamasopo Falls |
Northeastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, northern Veracruz, San Luis Potosí) Tankraised via Rusty Wessel, IN |
5 juveniles/$30.00 | |
Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl Arroyo Gallitos |
Arroyo Gallitos, Mexico Tankraised via Rich Serva, OH |
breeding | |
Xiphophorus helleri Green Blackstripe Swordtail |
Rio Otapa, Mexico collected by Rusty Wessel, Lousville, KY Tankraised via Rusty Wessel, IN |
breeding | |
Xiphophorus helleri Belize Swordtail |
Golden Stream, Belize Tankraised via Pat Hartman, MI |
no | |
Xiphophorus helleri Pineapple Swordtail |
Very nice and robust German aquarium strain Tankraised via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Xiphophorus helleri Red Velvet Swordtail |
Very nice aquarium strain Tankraised via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Heterandria formosa Least killifish |
Cape Fear River drainage in North Carolina to southern Louisiana & Florida, USA Collected by myself June, 2010 near Lakeland, FL |
no | |
Neoheterandria elegans Elegant Livebearer |
Rio Truando, a tributary of the Rio Atrato, Colombia Tankraised via Charley Grimes, IN |
sold out | |
Girardinus falcatus Goldbelly Topminnow |
Cuba Tankraised via Pat Hartman, MI |
10 juveniles/$30.00 | |
Xenophallus umbratilis Golden Teddy |
Lake Nicaragua on the Atlantic drainage to the Río Parismina and the Río Tenorio drainage on the Pacific slope. Costa Rica and Nicaragua Tankraised via Charley Grimes, IN |
pair $15.00 | |
Procatopus nototaenia Large finned Lampeye |
Kienke and Lobi systems, southwest Cameroon Wild via Aquarium Glaser, Germany |
no | |
Limia vittata Cuban Limia |
Cuba Tankraised via Pat Hartman, MI |
no | |
Limia sp. "Tiger" Tiger Limia |
unknown Tankraised via Ted Judy, WI |
10 juveniles/$30.00 | |
| Melanotaeniidae - Rainbowfishes | |||
Rhadinocentrus ornatus "Teewah Creek" Ornate Rainbow |
Northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia Tankraised via Karen Mitchell, OH |
no | |
Melanotaenia nigrans Black Banded Rainbow |
Scotts Creek, Australia Tankraised via Karen Mitchell, OH |
breeding | |
Melanotaenia parva Flame Rainbow |
Lake Kurumoi, Vogelkop Peninsula, Irian Jaya, Indonesia Tankraised via Dan Powell, OH |
no | |
| Pseudomugilidae - Blue Eyes | |||
Pseudomugil furcatus Popondetta Furcata |
Eastern Papua New Guinea between Dyke Ackland Bay and Collingwood Bay Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
Pseudomugil gerthrudae "Aru II" Spotted Blue Eye |
Northern Australia, southern New Guinea and the Aru Islands Tankraised via Carola & Gunther Schau, Germany |
no | |
Pseudomugil connieae Popondetta Blue Eye |
Popondetta, eastern Papua New Guinea Tankraised European Stock |
breeding | |
Pseudomugil signifer Pacific Blue Eye |
Australia Tankraised via aqua-global, Germany |
no | |
Pseudomugil ivantsoffi "Deky Creek" Ivantsoff Blue Eye |
Indonesia, Deky Creek Tankraised via Eric Bodrock at All Oddball Aquatics, PA |
breeding | |
| Characidae - Tetras | |||
Phenacogrammus interruptus Congo Tetra |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
no | |
| Crenuchidae - Darter Tetras | |||
Poecilocharax weitzmani Weitzman's Colibri-Tetra |
Upper Rio Solimões, Upper Rio Negro, and Upper Rio Orinoco River basins; Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela Wild via RMC Aquatics, IN |
no | |
| Distichodontidae - African Tetras | |||
Neolebias philippei Philippe Tetra |
Democratic Republic of Congo Wild via The Cichlid Exchange, OR |
no | |
| Lebiasinidae - Pencilfishes | |||
Nannostomus espei Barred Pencilfish |
Mazaruni, River system, Guyana Wild imports |
no | |
| Percidae - Perches | |||
 |
Tippecanoe Darter |
Ohio River basin from western Pennsylvania to Indiana, and south to Tennessee River drainage in Virginia and Tennessee, USA Collected by myself July 8, 2007 in southern Ohio |
no |
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Helpful information for this table was obtained from:
Evers H.-J. & Seidel I., Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol 1
Seidel I. & Evers H.-J., Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol
2
Mergus Aquarium Atlases: Vol 1-6
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