ncjetskier
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My tank has ICH and I am setting up a quarantine tank. I have two fire gobies. Is Cupramine safe for all marine fish? Thanks for any help.
Is Cupramine safe for all fishes
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ncjetskier
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I never heard of the TTM until now. It makes sense, but where do you get all the water with the correct bacteria level (to support the fish) to do all the transfers? The ICH is in the main display tank.
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Bacteria aren't necessary to 'support' the fish. Fish don't eat them. They just need really clean water that's had time to dissolve all the various minerals, plus a tiny bit of fish food. Bacteria are only to dispose of fish poo and spare food. And if you clean everything every so many hours, there's no chance for nitrate to turn to ammonia.
This. Tank transfer does not require a cycled tank but keeping your current fish during the fallow period would require a cycled tank.
billdogg
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What Sk8r said, except I think she got it in the wrong order - Ammonia turns to Nitrite, then Nitrate, not the other way around:frog:
Rather than worry about a cycled tank during the fallow period, if you keep up on water changes there will be no build-up of toxins
ncjetskier
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So I can use freshly prepared salt mix for the fish each time? Then, in the fallow period, all I have to do is water changes for the 72 days. How often for the water changes in the fallow tank in a 20 gallon tank and how much percentage should I change? Thanks for all the help.
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billdogg
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10% weekly is the norm, but unless it's full of inverts/corals, I'd have no problem going to 10% bi-weekly for the fallow period, perhaps even longer depending on how the water tests. Make sure you use separate buckets etc for the two tanks - you don't want to keep introducing bad stuff to the QT!
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
one of the biggest things i almost kept messing up on was the plastic droppers i use for feeding and sampling salinity. i can't tell you how many times i almost went to check the salinity in my main mixing bucket with the dropper i had just used in the TTM tank.
eventually i got wise and ordered a bunch off amazon, now i just leave one by each water source i want to test, and then chuck them when i'm done with them.
this goes for most of my equipment. i clearly mark anything that is dedicated for QT/TTM to help stop me from using it anywhere else.
clear labeling makes life much easier.
billdogg
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I use different colors of Duct Tape to mark my stuff.
