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Hey guys!
I’ve been using TTM for a year and a half now, been working well for me (I love having an ich free DT) and since I started using DT water only I’ve never lost a fish.
I was reading up on TTM again since I haven’t done it for 6 months and I can’t work out why it’s 12 days?? The ich takes 3-7 days to fall off the fish, so fish into a bucket for 3 days and then first transfer (completed 3 days) and then second transfer (completed 6 days) and then by the time you do your third transfer into the fourth bucket you’ve now completed 9 days. So all the ich must’ve fallen off. So why do we wait another 3 days in this fourth bucket? Why not just go straight into the QT for observation? Wouldn’t it reduce stress? Once less netting and moving and you’re already 2 days beyond the ich life cycle on the fish anyway?
I’ve been using TTM for a year and a half now, been working well for me (I love having an ich free DT) and since I started using DT water only I’ve never lost a fish.
I was reading up on TTM again since I haven’t done it for 6 months and I can’t work out why it’s 12 days?? The ich takes 3-7 days to fall off the fish, so fish into a bucket for 3 days and then first transfer (completed 3 days) and then second transfer (completed 6 days) and then by the time you do your third transfer into the fourth bucket you’ve now completed 9 days. So all the ich must’ve fallen off. So why do we wait another 3 days in this fourth bucket? Why not just go straight into the QT for observation? Wouldn’t it reduce stress? Once less netting and moving and you’re already 2 days beyond the ich life cycle on the fish anyway?