Using 5 gallon buckets for tank transfer method

[Is this the LFS]

My coral beauty angel and blue spot puffer are in quarantine and both have ich. I have decided to do ttm to treat their ich. I was gonna use two 12 gallon totes but while I was filling one up in the bath tub, the bottum blew out and I don’t want to risk it with the other. So assuming they will only be in each bucket for 2 days each, and after about 12 they will go back to the 35 gallon quarantine, will the two buckets work?

 

[lapin]

The stress might cause some problems, its hard to tell with any fish how they will react.
5 gallons is not a lot of room.
If you can keep the water moving and heated they might be ok or not.

 

[Is this the LFS]

The stress might cause some problems, its hard to tell with any fish how they will react.
5 gallons is not a lot of room.
If you can keep the water moving and heated they might be ok or not.

I was gonna do hyposalinity but I don’t have a ato and ttm just seems a little more fool proof. Should I go ahead and try it? How will I know if they get too stressed and I should pull them out and try something different

 

[lapin]

If they start acting weird I would pull them out.
You should know your fish.
I have some that would be ok and others that it would not work.
Be sure to cover the bucket, an air stone will help as well as a place for the fish to hide. No bright light.
I wish you some good luck

 

[jason17star]

Kinda small would be better to find a cheap 10 gallon off craiglist or facebook.

 

[Is this the LFS]

If they start acting weird I would pull them out.
You should know your fish.
I have some that would be ok and others that it would not work.
Be sure to cover the bucket, an air stone will help as well as a place for the fish to hide. No bright light.
I wish you some good luck

I have pvc, and air stone. The only thing is how do I know if it is just stress from having to switch tanks so much or if it is just too much stress because of the small container?