Catjuggler
Premium Member
i just wanted to share my experience with ttm. ive never used it before but it seemed like the best way to rid yourself of ich. fyi ive never had problems in these tanks with ich just being careful. i just setup a new tank, and i wanted to make sure i didnt transfer ich into my new tank. a little back story for the move. the only fish i have are 2 clowns. i used ttm and moved them over to a quarantine tank while i was waiting for new to tank to cycle. i let the old tank sit fish less for almost three months prior to moving coral and live rock over because i wanted it to be ich free before the transfer of coral and live rock. the ttm worked great for the clowns. no discolor, no loss of appetite or weight loss.clowns, coral and live rock are now all in main display. now we are caught up. i bought my first new fish, a great looking flame angel. i put it in a fresh, new quarantine tank. he seemed very healthy and then on day two i noticed a couple of white spots. i waited till the next day and i saw more white spots. i decided i was gonna do ttm with him as well before putting him in my main display. i used 2 5 gallon homedepot buckets with a pvc t joints and heaters for each tank. i moved the little guy every 3 days in the morning for 4 transfers total. i cleaned everything right after transfer and let dry for 2 days. i setup the new bucket the night before each transfer with tank water for main display so it had time to stabilize temp. he ate the whole time and was very active. i moved him to a clean tank to observe for the next couple of days and he is doing great. he lost a little color, im assuming because of stress but its coming back. so i used it on my clowns and my angel and it seemed to work great. im hoping my new tank is now ich free. a awhile back i had a couple of other tanks and i lost some fish to ich and/or ich treatments. they've never worked for me. maybe im a goof, or maybe i just had bad luck but the tank transfer method has work really well for me and it seems im ich free at the moment. i will be using this method in the future if i have ich again. id like to hear any stories you guys have with ttm and if it worked or not for you. thanks for reading