QT higher salinity than DT and about to move fish

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So I was just about to move my fish from QT to my display, and I just realized I never checked my salinity in the QT with my new method I've been using the last few months, with my TM high precision hydrometer. So I just checked both.

My display is .002 lower than my QT. To my knowledge it should be fine to plop them straight in, but I wanted to check.

Do I need to acclimate for a .002 salinity reduction?
 

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For clarity, you're going from something like 1.027 to 1.025,,, that kind of difference, correct?
*no big deal (IMO) but I'd still shoot for some kind of drip acclimation (or "scoop a bit every so often" acclimation)
 
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Thanks guys! I am actually already drip aclimating them because I chickened out, but yes it's 1.0279 to 1.0260.

My DT has dropped some because I have inadvertently removed some water, and my QT was measured to 1.026ish when established but used a hannah stick not knowing how far off it was, even freshly calibrated.

They have been in QT for over a year due to dino battles in the DT, those 3 fish have been model citizens in that 20 gallon all this time, but finally they get to go to an appropriately sized home.
 

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