TTM For Velvet Scuffed Schedule

FullSend · Dec 7, 2020

I'm putting my latest arrivals through the TTM for velvet protocol, but I didn't start the 36 hour transfers until after one of the 71 hour transfers. The schedule is a mess in my head and I'd like to get more sets of eyes on it. My best interpretation is a need 4 consecutive transfers @ 36 hours and 2 additional transfers @ 71 hours (A total of 4 72 hour transfers).

Schedule is as follows:
12/2 fish in QT 1 at ~9:30 am
12/3 fish in QT 2 at 10:00pm - I moved a large piece algae on accident. I don't want to count this as one of the 36 hour transfers.
12/4 prazi added at ~9:00 am
12/5 fish in QT 3 @ 9:00 am - 71 hr #1
12/6 fish in QT 4 @ 9:00 pm - 36 hr #1
12/8 fish in QT 5 @ 9:00 am - 71 hr #2 and 36 hr #2
12/9 fish in QT 6 @ 9:00 pm - 36 hr #3
12/10 Prazi @ 9:00 am - 6 days after first treatment
12/11 fish in QT 7 @ 9:00 am - 71 hr #3 and 36 hr #4 - 36 hr portion completed?
12/14 fish in QT 8 @ 8:00 am - 71 hr #4 - TTM complete?

I adapted my process by transferring the fish to a bucket with new tank water then to the new QT. Hopefully "rinsing" the fish of any particles before the new tank.

Can someone double check my schedule?

vtecintegra · Dec 7, 2020

Not really any help to your schedule, but I simplified this to just doing a transfer every evening for nine nights. I use two plastic tubs, and have used 5 gallon buckets. Each tub has its own pvc T and a couple of plastic plants. I have a 25 gallon mixing container I fill before starting. Every night I scoop out 2.5 gallons into a clean tub and swap the fish into it, adding 250mg of general cure. Wash the dirty tub with a little bleach and tap water and sit it outside to dry until I need it the next night. I have a dual air pump with air stones that I rotate each night for circulation. That way one dries out for 24 hrs before using again. This process takes me under 15 minutes nightly to do a transfer.

After nine nights, the fish go into a 10 gallon for observation with a black mollie in there. Usually watch for two weeks. Two doses of prazi.

Catch to this: Good only for smaller fish, although I did this with a medium tang in a 5 gallon bucket. I generally do this with 2 to 4 fish only at a time since I'm operating with 2.5 gallons of water in the tub. Since it's a nightly water change, I feed like crazy without any water quality problems.

Fish I've TTM'ed: Flame Hawks, Long nose Hawks, Clowns, Royal Grammas, Banggai Cardinals, Rolland's Damsels, Clown Gobies, Yellow Tang.