Fish in Refugium?
 

Do you have any fish or criters in your refugium? If so what types?
I have a fuge on my 125 at work but am curious on whether to add a fish or two to it, and its pros and cons.

rob

I had a hich hiker crab he staved to deat I think, I will be adding a new one if I get one to eat all the food that goes down and feed him once a week.

Some people put Mandarins or Sea Horses in their fuges - I think if I did that they would get lost in the caulerpa and I would never see them again.

Almost impossible to get seahorses now anyways (CITES restrictions). Generally, people leave refugiums fish-less since its main job is to provide a "refuge" for the pods to reproduce in peace. People do put in mandarins but they'll decimate your pod-population.

I have a couple crabs in my fuge area. Kindof put them there cause I didn't want them in the main tank. I have been thinking of getting rid of them though... :confused:

I think that if you were to put a fish in there thats main diet wasnt pods you would be okay. Suck as people always say how nice a damsel is but they are too aggressive well y not put 1,2,3.... of them in your fuge and feed them pellets or flakes. Then the stuff that is left over will be eated by crabs and bristol worms. JMO

I have a pipe fish and a pair of Pink Skunk clowns with anenome in my 75g fuge. It's reverse light so no matter what time i'm up I always have a lit tank to watch! :biggrin: