so today we're talking about adding new
fish to an existing aquarium when you go
and buy your fish at a local pet store
hopefully the fish are healthy and have come
from a reputable dealer and the next
thing you don't want to do is take the
plastic bags that they give you the fish
in and you'll float them in your fish
tank
what you don't want to do is pour the
water from that aquarium dealer and that
tropical fish dealer right into your
fish tank
you really don't know what may be in
suspension in that water
so in this video I'm going to show you
what my method it is we start off by
floating them in the tank
this will equalize the temperature
normally takes about 10 minutes but to
be on the safe side and to keep the
stress level as low as possible for
these fish
we're going to match the temperature
perfectly i'm going to take this little
syringe and take small samples of the
aquarium water and amend it to the water
from the fish store i do several cycles
of this over 10 to 15-minute period and
that way not only is the temperature
balanced but your fish won't be shocked
by the water quality that they're going
into as compared to that which comes
from the fish store so then we're
inside the temperature is a calibrated
thermometer so this is kind of probably
overkill but the tank is at 75.6 degrees
Fahrenheit and I want to make sure that
the water temperatures in the bags with
the water from the fish store is also
at 75.6
and it is so this is a 55 gallon fish
tank if you haven't seen my previous
videos showing you how I set it up then
you might want to check that out
I'm putting cory catfish in here i have
four of them
it's recommended that you have at least
three they're social can do better when
they're in-group now the general rule is
when there's a 54 gallon tank for
example you might think you can put in
54 inches of fish in there i plan to
keep the about half that capacity
the next thing you want is a really soft
net this is a soft net by tetra and i'm
going to first pour the fish into this
net using this pyrex measuring cup here
and that way we're not just pouring the
water through the net and leaving the
fish exposed to the air as that cuts
down on the stress by allowing the
water to be with them until you actually
pull the net out and stick them right in
the tank probably overkill but the more
you can reduce the stress level of the
fish the better they are going to acclimate
to their new environment and then we're
releasing neon tetras I
think I have a total of eleven neon
tetras in this tank they do the best when
they're in schools and we're releasing
the cory catfish they obviously don't
look very stressed but also take a lot
of time to look them over when you're
turning them loose to make sure there's
no problems with the fish and then of
course lastly with putting in zebra
danios these are referred to as long fin
zebra danios this is a community
fish tank and those are the three
species of fish that get along really
well we have the Cory cats zebra danios
neon tetras the zebra danios of
course have a pecking order and so they
race around and get really active
because there were already
danios in the tank so they
chase around for about the next 16
hours and today they're all paired up and
schooling nice and easy
so that's the whole thing don't
introduce water from the fish store into
your home tank and instead follow the
method that I've shown and I'll just leave
you to watch the fish for a little
while
this is a nice community tank 54 gallons
and there are no problems with the
social structure here in this community
tank
good luck and enjoy your own fish thanks
for watching