Everything I read is to do it in the morning, just before the lights come on, however with my work and schedule, I definitely could not pull that off. Transferring in the evening is much easier for me and just wondering if it negates the tank transfers or if I have to change up the schedule some because of it.
Can you do tank transfers in the evening?
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The reason for doing transfers in the morning is that trophont leaves the fish and becomes what is called a protomont almost invariably at night (from 2 AM to 9 AM). This protomont travels to the substrate and begins to crawl around for usually two to eight hours, but it could go for as long as eighteen hours after it leaves it's fish host.
and how long for subdivision after that?
so we go for the absolute lowest, 2 hours, how long does it have to encyst before it becomes the free swimming parasite again? I just want to make sure that I'm covered as this is my first time using TTM, I've always just used cupramine in the past
so we go for the absolute lowest, 2 hours, how long does it have to encyst before it becomes the free swimming parasite again? I just want to make sure that I'm covered as this is my first time using TTM, I've always just used cupramine in the past
lagatbezan
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I dont know if its possible, but maybe put a timer on your tights and have them come on a few minutes after you come home. this way they turn on right after you do the transfer?
Also If you have the second tank all ready from the day before, all you would need to do in the morning is scoop the fish out and put it in the new tank. should be fairly quick and easy.
Also If you have the second tank all ready from the day before, all you would need to do in the morning is scoop the fish out and put it in the new tank. should be fairly quick and easy.
Once a trophont leaves the fish, it becomes a protomont. During this phase, it loses its cilia, flattens its surfaces, and moves onto a substrate for about 2–18 hours. After this stage, the organism stops, sticks to the surface, and encysts, whereupon it becomes a tomont. The cyst hardens in about 8–12 hours.
The encysted tomont undergoes many divisions, producing numerous daughter tomites (approximately 100 to 1000, depending upon strain and temperature (warmer is faster). These tomites are released as theronts, the free-swimming infective stage which is also the stage most susceptible to most salinity or chemical treatments. This is the stage which must be prevented. Note below, that you would be safe even in the worst case scenario since the time required for theront development varies would be outside the transfer window since theronts emerged from a group of tomonts sometime between 3 and 72 days, with most released from 4 to 8 days after tomont formation.
The encysted tomont undergoes many divisions, producing numerous daughter tomites (approximately 100 to 1000, depending upon strain and temperature (warmer is faster). These tomites are released as theronts, the free-swimming infective stage which is also the stage most susceptible to most salinity or chemical treatments. This is the stage which must be prevented. Note below, that you would be safe even in the worst case scenario since the time required for theront development varies would be outside the transfer window since theronts emerged from a group of tomonts sometime between 3 and 72 days, with most released from 4 to 8 days after tomont formation.
Snorvich, thank you for all your help on this. I did read the other threads too but just wanted that extra bit of 'yea you're good' and considering you kinda lead the charge on the other threads, I feel fine 
As for the 'it only takes a few minutes'... sometimes I'm not even here for those few minutes. Sometimes I'm already at work at 3:30am, and other times I haven't even gotten home by 11am from working the night before. It's the nature of my job, but I can at least always count on being home around dinner time, as the work is either scheduled way before then and I'm done, or not scheduled till later that night before I can begin.
And just to be clear... I should be good as long as any transfers take place within 82 hours of each other.
That gives 2 hours to get to surface, the 10 hours to encyst, and then 3 days (72 hours) to hatch and become infectious again. I would be sticking to 72 hours (pretty much every 3rd day 7pm) to be sure I can stay with an exact time cycle.
As for the 'it only takes a few minutes'... sometimes I'm not even here for those few minutes. Sometimes I'm already at work at 3:30am, and other times I haven't even gotten home by 11am from working the night before. It's the nature of my job, but I can at least always count on being home around dinner time, as the work is either scheduled way before then and I'm done, or not scheduled till later that night before I can begin.
And just to be clear... I should be good as long as any transfers take place within 82 hours of each other.
That gives 2 hours to get to surface, the 10 hours to encyst, and then 3 days (72 hours) to hatch and become infectious again. I would be sticking to 72 hours (pretty much every 3rd day 7pm) to be sure I can stay with an exact time cycle.
Snorvich, thank you for all your help on this. I did read the other threads too but just wanted that extra bit of 'yea you're good' and considering you kinda lead the charge on the other threads, I feel fine
As for the 'it only takes a few minutes'... sometimes I'm not even here for those few minutes. Sometimes I'm already at work at 3:30am, and other times I haven't even gotten home by 11am from working the night before. It's the nature of my job, but I can at least always count on being home around dinner time, as the work is either scheduled way before then and I'm done, or not scheduled till later that night before I can begin.
And just to be clear... I should be good as long as any transfers take place within 82 hours of each other.
That gives 2 hours to get to surface, the 10 hours to encyst, and then 3 days (72 hours) to hatch and become infectious again. I would be sticking to 72 hours (pretty much every 3rd day 7pm) to be sure I can stay with an exact time cycle.
You should be fine.
