TTM Tank Size

[kmbyrnes]

Advice please.
I have these fish in QT on week 4.
All are eating and through one round of Prazipro.

3" Dot Dash Butterfly
3" Coral Beauty Angel
2" Flame Angel

Today the Dot Dash has ich.
Will I be safe using 5 gallon tanks for TTM or do I need something bigger to do TTM on on all 3 simultaneously?

 

[ThRoewer]

If you do one fish at a time 5 gallon may work, though I would be very careful with feeding.

To do all at once I would say you need at a bare minimum a 10 gallon tank, better a 20.

 

[kmbyrnes]

2 new 10 g TTM tanks ready to go.
Thanks for your advice.
Ich Sucks!!!
But it will NOT got into my DT ever again.

 

[ThRoewer]

You can additionally lower the salinity to anywhere between 1.018 to 1.009 kg/l to reduce stress for the fish and to save salt. If you go to hyposaline levels below 1.010 you also add an additional layer of safety regarding ich extinction.

 

[Kidd Reef]

You can additionally lower the salinity to anywhere between 1.018 to 1.009 kg/l to reduce stress for the fish and to save salt. If you go to hyposaline levels below 1.010 you also add an additional layer of safety regarding ich extinction.

Personally wouldnt risk the additional stress on the fish due to the fact that TTM
(when done properly) soundly eliminates and ich, and hypo-salinity is one of iffier treatments to properly execute. Not to mention youll have to slowly re-acclimate them to higher salinity again since they tolerate lowering much better than raising.

Just seems like a whole lot of extra work and additional stress on the fish when your pretty much taking the surefire route of eliminating it with TTM anyway.but again this is me personally.

 

[Spar]

i agree with kidd reef - no reason to do anything more than TTM for Ich - just extra work for no gain. i'd focus on just making sure the TTM procedures are done thoroughly rather than adding extra complications. and it gets them used to your water parameters over a longer period of time.

 

[ThRoewer]

I personally would do half salinity because I have to buy my saltwater in canisters and it is not just a hassle to get it but also too costly to dump that much good saltwater down the drain.

The other benefit of this is the lowered stress level for the fish (see Bartelme: Changes In The Transfer Method That Reduce Stress And Improve Survivability)

 

[Spar]

I personally would do half salinity because I have to buy my saltwater in canisters and it is not just a hassle to get it but also too costly to dump that much good saltwater down the drain.

The other benefit of this is the lowered stress level for the fish (see Bartelme: Changes In The Transfer Method That Reduce Stress And Improve Survivability)

i used to do hyposalinity and i liked it, so I am not saying it is bad to do; but it is just unnecessary from the actual Ich perspective when doing TTM anyway; and whereas it is less stressful while at the lower salinity, it is harsh going back up depending on how quick/slow the increase is done.

regardless and above all, if it works for you and prevents ich from spreading, then by all means keep at it! :fish1:

 

[kmbyrnes]

I have considered hypo, but the cost is not the issue. They are small tanks.
I am more concerned how it will affect the fish. I was thinking just slightly lower than the QT they will be returning to ( after a thorough cleaning of course ). It is kept the same as my DT's at 1.025.
But I guess its better to leave the TTMs the same as the QT and DT. Thanks for all your input and wish me luck.

 

[ThRoewer]

In that case I would go with 1.018. It will give the fish enough stress relief and the transition to 1.025 isn't a problem.

I actually kept my fish only tanks permanently at around 1.018 and all fish did well.
For breeding clownfish it has the welcome side effect that the developing larva can spend more energy on growing and by the time it hatches it is clearly ahead. I was able to feed my clownfish larva freshly hatched brine shrimp from day one and transition them to frozen food by day 5.