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03/01/2016, 10:25 PM | #1076 |
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Hello,
Is it possible to do the TTM with invertebrates? I'm guessing doing the 12 days phases would kill any cyst attached to them? I don't want to go as far as six weeks with snails and crabs. Thank you.
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03/06/2016, 02:27 PM | #1079 |
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Hi,
I never did the TTM before and going to try it on my new marine FO tank. what if i'm doing the TTM in a fully darked room? it's a room that i store my aquarium stuff and have the QT tank. will i still have to count the hour of the day or is it changed by the room light hours ? and if so, i can change the transfer hours from 06:00AM to say 09:00AM, right ?
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03/14/2016, 04:28 PM | #1080 |
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Is 24h soak in tap water followed by air drying sufficient to clean equipment between transfers?
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03/14/2016, 05:15 PM | #1081 |
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Yes. The soak isn't really necessary if the drying is complete, but it won't hurt and may be extra insurance. I just rinse everything off with tap water before drying.
Usually, I use two tanks .After draining the first, I transfer the fish to the second and let the first dry for about 48 hours before setting it up again for the transfer on day 3 and so on.
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03/15/2016, 06:05 AM | #1082 |
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I use a bleach water, then a good tapwater rinse as part of the cleaning, then air dry until I set it up for the next step.
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I use H2O2 for heater and thermometer in between. Just rinsing and drying the tub.
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03/15/2016, 06:22 AM | #1084 |
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hello all
I have been doing TTM+ prazi to all fish in an ich infested tank. the fish were going to go on a cycled observation tank for 2-4 weeks after the TTM and then I was going to put the fish in a new aquarum that I am cycling now. the problem is that the observation tank got infected with bad bacteria so I am in the process bleaching it. since I do not have an observation tank any more, should I keep doing tank tranffers to the fish being treated beyond the 4th transffer of 3 days each? I ask because I do not have a cycled tank now. I use prime in 2nd and 3rd day . I am not sure how much time could I keep fish in a not cycled tank using prime??? Thanks for your help
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03/15/2016, 07:30 AM | #1085 |
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You can use Bio-spira to seed the QT with bacteria. Just throw some media (I use Seachem Matrix) in a HOB filter for the bacteria to colonize. I've been using this method for years and have never had an ammonia problem in QT.
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03/15/2016, 09:53 AM | #1086 |
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Chris,
thanks for your answer, the tanks that I use for TTM are 20g. do you mean using the same tank of 20g as Observation tank and just throw some ceramic media in that same tank after 12 days of TTM?? I ask because it is small I have 6 Tanks that I use for TTM, to be able to treat 3 batches at same time. in the previous experience I used an 80g QT for observation, but fish started fighting and it ended up in disaster thanks for your reply
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03/18/2016, 01:50 PM | #1087 |
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Any way to be sure the DT is ich free besides going fallow?
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This has been an amazing thread and I have ready all 44 pages of it in its entirety. I had an ich outbreak in my DT (didn't quarantine new fish like an idiot) and treated the entire 180 gallon tank with Rid-ich Plus for a couple of weeks. I then moved the fish to a quarantine tank and treated with Cupramine for 2 weeks. They moved back into the DT in November. What are the chances there is still ich in my DT? I currently have 5 new fish going through the TT method and quarantine but after reading through everything in this thread I'm really second guessing if my DT is "clean". I have learned SOOO much over the past month and am really trying to do things right now. Should I pull all of my fish out of the DT, do TT with them, and leave the tank fallow for 72 days, or is over a 5 months with zero signs of ich any form of security? I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this question... I hate to put my Foxface back into the hospital tank agian, he really really hated it last time around and bashed himself around enough he got popeye (which he has now recovered from). |
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If aprox 30 days is the life cycle of ich then why let the DT run 9 weeks fallow?
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As an example,the cysts have remained viable for up to 72 days in at least one study.
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But the TTM is only for 10 days. Doesn't that leave the risk of some remaining in the DT? Is it possible that ALL of them are removed with the transfer. It seems risky IMO
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The cysts form on surfaces ; not the fish or the water column . When dry they die. With gentle transfer minimizing water transfer The 3 day time frame for each of 4 transfers also minimizes them forming and leaves those that may form behind .
With gentle transfer minimizing water transfer the risk of transferring them on is de miniimus. Further most place fish post treatment with TTM into a cycled qt tank for at least several weeks primarily to observe for maladies other than crytocarion irritans
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Regarding qt. Can i start ttm with fish directly from lfs?
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