I think I have to get out of it

a week? i think the times people come up with for adding fish are all arbitrary based on their own experiences.

id add fish with a week duration and my params would screw up. for my personal setup i have to go every 3-4 weeks to add a new fish for the bacteria to catchup otherwise i run high on nitrates for the first few weeks.

 

I say a week,but just would wait a couple days atleast incase your ammonia and nitrite spike.
The nitrate spike really isn't dangerous unless you have sensitive corals/livestock. I'm assuming your watching it anyway with new additions.

 

also raising the tanks tem to 80 will also speed up the life cycle

 

Aside from an insane Green hair algae outbreak (a year of using phosphate-laden store bought water) I haven't had many huge "stressful" tank problems. I feel for the stresses you have had. That being said my tank helps me deal with my other stresses. For the most part I look forward to the water changes and the daily maintenance. When I am "playing" with my tank as the ex called it I am not thinking of my job, my kid, my bills all that other garbage. I get to work on my own little piece of the coral reef that is miraculously living in my house. I am trying to replicate to the best of my ability a little slice of one of our planets fragile eco-systems. The rewards for me far outweigh the frustrations, and I hope they continue to do so. I guess when they don't I too will throw in the towel.

 

What is brooklynella? Ich? I have never heard Ich called brooklynella before. I guess it's true. You learn something new every day.

 

Ich isn't brooklynella. They're two seperate diseases. I only mentioned ich because the concern was over letting a tank go without fish for long periods of time. Many people do this to cure ich.

 

If i am pissed/frustrated at my tank I cant be pissed at life. I think we are on the same page;D

 

Actually, to answer my own question, I did a little research and learned that Brooklynella is a form of saltwater Ich, commonly associated with Clownfish, typically referred to as Clownfish Disease. Again, you learn something new every day. And Madman, I think you should hang in there. It will get better.

 

go fishless for a while. they can be beautiful tanks too..

 

from my own experiences, dont rush to any quick decisions regarding taking it down. Sit on it for a bit and see. If in a couple months you are ready to sell it, then sell it then. I still say I am taking my tank down, however the inkling to do it is not as strong as it was several weeks ago!

Going fishless for a couple months is going to be the best thing you can do....it will kill the brokenyella and allow parems to restabelize. The only other suggestion i would have is to drop a couple pieces of food in the tank every couple weeks to keep the bacteria up. Then when you are ready to restart just do a waterchange, and if you take it down, you can just take it down