Puffer TTM

[CodeBlueMedic]

Hey Folks,

I'm planning on picking up a porcupine puffer tomorrow from my LFS and knowing how prone they are to ich, I want to perform prophylactic treatment for it. My plan is to do the TTM for it, but I'm concerned that my 10 gallon tanks I have setup for this method will not be good for him size wise during the 2 week period.....Do y'all think it would be a problem? I would be dosing the water with prime.

Thanks,
~CBM

 

[thegrun]

I would find a larger tank. I've used ice chests in the past; the only draw back to the ice chests is that you cannot observe the fish from the side like you can in a standard aquarium.

 

[NTP66]

How large is the puffer? Unless it was of adult size, I don't see a problem. I use 10g tanks for my TTM and have never had an issue. The transfers are so close together that you really don't have to be too concerned about ammonia. If you're going to use Prime, like a lot of us do, even better. The biggest thing, IMO, would be how you transfer the fish. I use plastic colanders when doing transfers, and it has worked incredibly well. I know of others who hand transfer puffers, but the choice is yours.

 

[CodeBlueMedic]

How large is the puffer? Unless it was of adult size, I don't see a problem. I use 10g tanks for my TTM and have never had an issue. The transfers are so close together that you really don't have to be too concerned about ammonia. If you're going to use Prime, like a lot of us do, even better. The biggest thing, IMO, would be how you transfer the fish. I use plastic colanders when doing transfers, and it has worked incredibly well. I know of others who hand transfer puffers, but the choice is yours.

That's a good point. I haven't seen him yet, but I imagine he is going to be small. I was planning on using a net, but a colander huh?

 

[NTP66]

It's quicker and easier than a net, and only costs a few bucks. I originally bought it to transfer my Foxface because of the poisonous spines, but found it quite useful in transferring my trigger and puffer. I just lower the colander into the water and slowly move it under the fish, and then slowly raise it. Worked perfectly every single time.