covering power heads

[Mischke]

I was hoping to insert a Tunze inside a PVC pipe, and then cover it with rocks to both hide the powerhead and protect the anemone.

Would drilling 1/4" holes in the pipe work well enough to supply enough waterflow for the powerhead?

Anybody else done anything similar?

 

[shifty51008]

why not just get the stream rock?

http://www.tunze.com/118.html?L=1&C...esprod]=all&user_tunzeprod_pi1[fulltext]=rock

 

[Mischke]

wouldn't the anemone just crawl under the hole near the bottom?

 

[tatuaje08]

Anywhere there's an opening, an anemone can into it. I dont think your pvc idea would work. There's only 1 safe way, imo. Remove all powerheads and install a closed loop.

 

[flakey]

second that, my 8 inch BTA escaped through the egg crate holes !!!

 

[Pinkskunk]

yep, the nems are clever at seeking their own death. i lost a green tip BTA that went through the eggcrate. i could never find similar one anywhere again, there are someone out there but they dont want to sell to me because i am not local to them

 

[Mischke]

Anywhere there's an opening, an anemone can into it. I dont think your pvc idea would work. There's only 1 safe way, imo. Remove all powerheads and install a closed loop.

Closed loops have intakes as well don't they? How do you stop the BTA from being sucked into them?

 

[Mischke]

I'm planning on a shallow system 24x24x12 with minimal rock work, like the picture below;



If I were to set up a nem only tank like this, could I just buy larger return pumps and use them for flow? I was thinking 30-40x turnover rate so 900-1200gph?

 

[tatuaje08]

Closed loops have intakes as well don't they? How do you stop the BTA from being sucked into them?

Ime, the auctionsn from the cl drain isn't that powerful, so the Nems don't have a problem.

 

[tatuaje08]

If I were to set up a nem only tank like this, could I just buy larger return pumps and use them for flow? I was thinking 30-40x turnover rate so 900-1200gph?

Imo, that's too much without a cl.

 

[Daniel62]

I have had good luck with Vortech, with the foam covering.

 

[Mischke]

Imo, that's too much without a cl.

what turn over rate do you have for your nem aquariums?

 

[tatuaje08]

Just over 10 on my tank with a closed loop. About 30 on m tank witout a closed loop. Keep in mind those are turnover rates, as you asked about - not flow rates.

 

[hjp109]

Can't wait to see this setup come into action. Please post more pics.

I'm planning on a shallow system 24x24x12 with minimal rock work, like the picture below;



If I were to set up a nem only tank like this, could I just buy larger return pumps and use them for flow? I was thinking 30-40x turnover rate so 900-1200gph?