Tank transfer - doing this right?

[SCreeferGuy]

Started tank transfer for my first 2 clowns (first fish ever - was hoping to start with healthy fish...but what can you do) on 9-4 and am getting ready for transfer # 4 tomorrow (planning 5 total over 13 days).

Only 1 of the two ever had spots/symptoms and spots were gone in 3 days, fish activity seemed normal at that point...except fast breathing has persisted and still not eating .

The "normal" clown still doing great.

Question is on timing of moving the fish. I am forced to have light cycles running from 5 AM to 5 PM (in dark area of basement) bc I have to leave for work at 6 AM. So am doing morning transfers at 6 right before I go. Shouldn't this be OK as I assume light cycle is more important than actual time of day to trigger ich release from fish...?

Anyone have suggestions? From what I understand of life cycle, ich should not hang on fish for longer than 7 days (as long as no re-infection). Should fish be asymptomatic after 1 week or is it not unusual for fish to still be breathing fast/not eating at this point?

Thanks for any help!

 

[Newsmyrna80]

Transferring at 6 am is fine. Have you read the stickies at the top of the forum on cryptocaryon? The fish could be breathing fast from anything, stress, flukes, brook, velvet, etc.

 

[HumbleFish]

The time of day you do the transfer isn't as important as ensuring you transfer the fish roughly every 72 hrs (never to exceed 75 hrs). After the fish is put in the initial receiving tank, you transfer on days 4, 7, 10, 13 (finished).

As Newsmyrna80 indicated above, you want to be sure this isn't Brooklynella you are dealing with here. Especially being these are clownfish.

 

[SCreeferGuy]

Thanks - have read the stickies. Don't suspect anything else at this point - the one has greatly improved from low point (sitting on bottom, few visible white spots spreading over a few days). I have had them for just over 2 weeks and tankmate is unaffected, but obviously will keep in QT after finished with tank transfer. Mostly wanted to confirm that transfer treatment should be producing results by now or not.

 

[Cujo13]

The time of day you do the transfer isn't as important as ensuring you transfer the fish roughly every 72 hrs (never to exceed 75 hrs). After the fish is put in the initial receiving tank, you transfer on days 4, 7, 10, 13 (finished).

As Newsmyrna80 indicated above, you want to be sure this isn't Brooklynella you are dealing with here. Especially being these are clownfish.

Did you mean on day 3, 6, 9, 12? Unless you are counting the day you start as 1 and not the starting point of zero. 72 = 3 days. Just curious? Or maybe I am wrong?

 

[Deinonych]

No, Humblefish is correct. Transfer on days 4, 7, 10 and 13. This is not counting the initial transfer on day 1.

 

[Cujo13]

No, Humblefish is correct. Transfer on days 4, 7, 10 and 13. This is not counting the initial transfer on day 1.

Thank you.