disaster, but working on it!

[DS5000]

so, i was running a RS 170 50 gal tank that was about 4 months old, with 5 fish, and mixed lsp/softies, with several snails. A few wks ago, my wrasse seemed sick and disappeared - i first i thought he was hiding, but nope, he died. Then about once a week, each my remaining fish got sick and died (two clownfish, tang, and cardinal fish). I think it was brookynella, but maybe ich? I am new to this, but i am pretty sure after talking to ppl, it was one of those two. On top of this, my nitrates/phos have been reading zeros for 3-4wks - but no dinos (yet)

running carbon, gfo, skimmer, floss

So now, my corals are doing fine, my snails are also doing well. My water parameters are good, but i am fishless.

I plan on waiting the 80days before adding fish, assuming I had itch. In the meantime, what is the best way to manage running my corals fishless?

ie, should i ghost feed some fish food to keep nitrates/phos up?
Thank you!

 

[polyppal]

If you had brook, you'd know... If it was little dots/spots, was likely ich or velvet

Yeah, ghost feeding will work in the DT. You can also get a QT setup and start some fish in it around the <30 days mark.

 

[DS5000]

If you had brook, you'd know... If it was little dots/spots, was likely ich or velvet

Yeah, ghost feeding will work in the DT. You can also get a QT setup and start some fish in it around the <30 days mark.

thx - here is a link of a prior post of my clownfish - he never had just discrete spots - so maybe it was brook. If so, then maybe new fish in 6wks instead?

https://www.reef2reef.com/data/video/1840/1840199-22fa361097ace060e6accf7abfb9f244.movm

 

[vetteguy53081]

so, i was running a RS 170 50 gal tank that was about 4 months old, with 5 fish, and mixed lsp/softies, with several snails. A few wks ago, my wrasse seemed sick and disappeared - i first i thought he was hiding, but nope, he died. Then about once a week, each my remaining fish got sick and died (two clownfish, tang, and cardinal fish). I think it was brookynella, but maybe ich? I am new to this, but i am pretty sure after talking to ppl, it was one of those two. On top of this, my nitrates/phos have been reading zeros for 3-4wks - but no dinos (yet)

running carbon, gfo, skimmer, floss

So now, my corals are doing fine, my snails are also doing well. My water parameters are good, but i am fishless.

I plan on waiting the 80days before adding fish, assuming I had itch. In the meantime, what is the best way to manage running my corals fishless?

ie, should i ghost feed some fish food to keep nitrates/phos up?
Thank you!

You can lightly feed coral food which will add to phos/NO3

 

[polyppal]

Hmm while brook is common in clowns, it doesn't look to me like he has it but hard to tell from videos. It looks really nasty on clownfish especially when they have an advanced case...

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s). * Treatment of choice is a 45 minute...

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I would go with the longest fallow period just to ensure that whatever it was is gone. Are you using RODI water?

 

[Rjmul]

You're actually in a good spot having lost all the fish. Something similar happened to me and I didn't lose all the fish. I had to choose between setting up a hospital tank on the floor in my bedroom or trying my luck with polyp lab medic and a good feeding regimen. I went with the medic. It worked, but maybe I got lucky. Not everyone can just slap together a hospital tank setup out of a petco and have success. Run the tank fallow. And ghost feed, that would be my advice.

 

[DS5000]

Hmm while brook is common in clowns, it doesn't look to me like he has it but hard to tell from videos. It looks really nasty on clownfish especially when they have an advanced case...

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s). * Treatment of choice is a 45 minute...

www.reef2reef.com

I would go with the longest fallow period just to ensure that whatever it was is gone. Are you using RODI water?

thx.

I am using RODI

 

[Kaze]

It happened to me when I start my reef tank without QT. Now I do QT everything before go in to my DT. When my tank go fishless for 76 days, I added more CUC (treating the DT as the invert QT). I feed fish food every few days to keep the bacteria going and feed the CUC. I also feed corals once a week. I don't do any water change during fishless period. Remove GFO, you don't want to bottom out your phosphate and gives you dino. You might gonna see some algae showing up. But your CUC will at least keep it under control. In about a month or two, you may going to see copepod everywhere on your glass. You don't have to worry about it. They will be hiding once you start adding fish.