[tubs]

Well,

Whatever fish makes it in there first is certainly going to have a feast. Good luck to you.

[jmick01]

what is "Brooklynella "

JMM

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[Mandarin1]

I take it this disease only effects fish and not inverts.
Thanks keith

[Aragorn]

Brookynella Hostillis is a disease caused by a protozoan. It affects only fish, not inverts. It is HIGHLY contagious and can kill rapidly. I lost 2 of my 3 fish within 48 hours of the first sign of symptoms. This was also despite my efforts at treatment. Copper doesn't work. Seems like the only effective treatment is formalin(which is hard on the fish). Some literature indicates that freshwater baths help. Well, I treated all my fish to freshwater baths(and formalin dips) and the only one that survived was my Lionfish. I lost my Emperor Angel and Hippo Tang.

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[schrocat]

Aragorn,
I also had a fishless reef for a while.
It was a 65gl, I snagged the rock from our other established tank.
Pods were THICK in less than 3 weeks.
The pods were as interesting as the fish!



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"Whacha got in the box?"

[Baywatch Babe]

Last year my tank was fishless for a month and pod population has exploded too. Now, I'm thinking of taking out the 2 small fish and go totally fishless. What are your thoughts on fishless reef tanks?


Gia

[Aragorn]

When we get our 112g "online" it will consist of nothing but LS, LR, clams, and SPS corals. However, I do like a little bit of "flashy" stuff in our tanks. Not to say that there aren't any "flashy" corals. When I re-establish our 135g, I'll probably only put about 4 fish in it. Alot of times though, I find myself staring at the life on the LR more than the fish. I even stare at all the life in my refugiums! [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img]

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It is intersting how fish keep the population controlled, or at least scared in hiding. [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

Here is a picture of some pods taken prior to adding 2 Ocellaris Clowns to our Educational Reef Projct. Once the clowns were added, the children reported the decrease in population.


Regards,
Scott

[Aragorn]

Well, since I've been letting the 135g go "fallow" w/ no fish(for those of you who don't know, I suffered a Brooklynella outbreak that killed most of my fish almost overnight), the pod population has literally EXPLODED!!! My God! It's interesting to note how our fish keep the population "in check". I've got so many pod's it's unbelievable! All ranging in size from miniscule to 1/4" !!
A Mandarin Goby would be in "Hog Heaven" in this tank. Still can't populate the tank. It's been about 5 weeks since the outbreak. Gonna wait at least a couple more. Inverts are doing well though.

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[Elmo18]

I would think it is a good idea to have at least one fish in a reef tank, or even more is better. The corals will benefit from the fish poo. Corals use this for food and nutrition.

I do agree that too much fish will deplete pod population and that it causes bioload problems very quickly.

Regards,
Ilham