Thanks much, glad they are doing better!
Cryptocaryon Irritans - tank transfer method
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Thanks much, glad they are doing better!
erinangele
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I bought some prazipro today and will treat them while using the TTM for cryptocaryon. Prazipro should take care of the black ich, correct? I am on day 5 of treating the kole tang with the TTM, which will give him about 7-8 days with the prazipro. Does this sound sufficient?
One week is ok, two treatments are better but I do not recommend concurrent treatment. Wait until TTM is complete, then for black ich, a fresh water dip followed by formalin bath is normally the treatment of choice followed by Prazipro would then be ideal.
erinangele
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Okay, that is what I will do. Thanks for the advice.
Would you recommend "preparing" for the tank transfer method by seeding multiple sponge filters for 5-6 weeks in the display tank? I see that as the only way to run an "established" tank for 3 days, completely clean it, and then re-establish it for the next 3 day session.
The issue would be contamination from the dt, unless you're certain there are no parasites in the dt.
Given that there will be no copper in the TT tanks there is no need. Simply use Prime or other ammonia relief product.
Exactly. Plus there is really no need. Reading back in this thread you will find that someone DID contaminate and it resulted in a problem.
Thanks Steve.
Always a pleasure to help someone.
I'll be employing this method for my four fish in QT, in which it seems only my Mitratus Butterfly can't get rid of it. They went through a quinine sulfate treatment, and he looked awesome afterwards. After doing a week of PraziPro (4th week in QT for them) I came home and the butterfly has spots on him again. It is possible that its from the fine sand in their, but I'm not sure. He's not scratching or having any other signs from what I can tell.
How would you employ this method with fish, like a leopard wrasse, that needs sand? The four fish I have in QT are a small Jewel Leopard wrasse, male Eightline Flasher, baby female blonde Naso, and Mitratus butterfly.
Thanks again.
How would you employ this method with fish, like a leopard wrasse, that needs sand? The four fish I have in QT are a small Jewel Leopard wrasse, male Eightline Flasher, baby female blonde Naso, and Mitratus butterfly.
Thanks again.
Current sand is likely to be contaminated. Use new sand. Always avoid ANY possible contamination: water, sand, nets, etc.
Thanks Steve. Last question, promise, haha.
Would Seachem Stability be ok to use on each new tank, or should it be new water with only Prime. Just wondering cause I have a new bottle of Stability on hand
You will not need that given the length of stay is only 3 days.
Thanks as always Steve. Unfortunately, I'm not going to get to even start it until end of July due to work and personal travel. Its close to working out, but I'll be traveling on day 10 and 13, so looks like I'm waiting until after my mid July business trip 
Btkrausen, I am one day from finishing my transfer method with a goby. I used a small tupperware container (the gladware kind that are really disposable) to put sand in for the goby during each transfer. No problem at all. Buy the dry sand and you can get a 30lbs bag for next to nothing. That should last more than 10 transfers easily. Especially since you only need to do it for fish that need/like sand.
I have two sets of everything, that I have been steralizing between each transfer. Been very easy to do, and plan on doing this for every new fish introduced to the tank. Good luck.
I have two sets of everything, that I have been steralizing between each transfer. Been very easy to do, and plan on doing this for every new fish introduced to the tank. Good luck.
jjk_reef00
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I was curious as to why nets are discouraged. I think it would be ok if one was to catch the fish with a net, and then take the fish out of the net and then place the fish into the new tank. The net would never enter the new tank and the risk of contamination caused by the net wouldn't be anymore than a plastic container would it? The net would be 100% dried before the next use.
In general, I discourage nets because of potential damage to fish. For disease/parasite control, I am anal about any water going from one tank to another. Contamination prevention is critical.
For tank transfer, usage of transparent containers makes transfer easy on fish. The slits in the containers allows virtually all water to be drained.
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