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Originally Posted by Sleepingtiger
tired of ich. i will start to quarantine my fish from now on.
so after reading through this,
the best method for the fish in my DT is to do a tank transfer method.
question, the life cycle calls for trophont to fall off and become the protomont for about 2-18 hours before attaching itself to a surface and become tomont. wouldn't it be better to let the protomont attach itself to the surface before moving the fish to a new tank. Maybe do the transfer in the evening giving the protomont a chance to cyst. If you transfer in the morning, you might get some of the water that contain the protomont and spread it to the new tank. It will then cyst and gave a chance to turn therphonts and reattaching to the fish. I am not questioning the method, just trying to get a clear understanding.
also, why should i let the tank go fallow for 72 days? since the protmont, tomont, and therphonts phase is max 35 days in room temperature.
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Yes, you could do it later in the day, provided you don't let more than 72 hours lapse between transfers (i.e. do all transfers at the same time of day).
The reason for the 72-day fallow period is because 72 days is longest reported period for the tomont stage. You could do a shorter period, but there is a risk in doing so. 72 days is a worst-case scenario, and some of us are really paranoid.
