Dying anemone crashed display tank at LFS

[rkelman]

I've heard of that also. I don't really believe that either Most that I've seen are newbies that say their Nem spawned when really it was just dieing along with the rest of the tank. I'm not sure of the biology of a nem spawn but I don't see how a spawning event can kill fish / corals.

 

[IPowderBlueTang]

I don't believe it. Not even a little. There is no way a puny nem caused all that havoc. I don't care if it went through a powerhead or not. Unless it was soaked in gasoline before it went through. All tank crashes get blamed on something. If the nem wasn't there they would have blamed something else. Most tank crashes are caused by neglect and I suspect this one is no different. Flame away

I have had a ritteri and also a LTA die in my 120 gal, not at the same time. I had no crash.

So I agree the tank was on its last legs to crash. The small retteri would not caused the crash. Neglected tank maintenance!

 

[taylor t]

I've had nems crawl behind rocks, never to be seen again. No crash. No nem removal either...

 

[BonsaiNut]

i don't believe it. Not even a little. There is no way a puny nem caused all that havoc. I don't care if it went through a powerhead or not. Unless it was soaked in gasoline before it went through. All tank crashes get blamed on something. If the nem wasn't there they would have blamed something else. Most tank crashes are caused by neglect and i suspect this one is no different. Flame away

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[natewils]

I don't believe it. Not even a little. There is no way a puny nem caused all that havoc. I don't care if it went through a powerhead or not. Unless it was soaked in gasoline before it went through. All tank crashes get blamed on something. If the nem wasn't there they would have blamed something else. Most tank crashes are caused by neglect and I suspect this one is no different. Flame away

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I have to agree.. When have you ever heard some one say " well I neglected my tank and all my live stock and corals died because of my ignorance"
nope wont see that but we will place blame on something

 

[KimLondon]

Anenome Powerhead Death

Anenome Powerhead Death

I came downstairs this morning to see my 65G Tank completely cloudy .. I was perplexed as I had done a water change the previous day. Then I looked for my Anenome and it was gone .. one of my powerheads had tissue lodged in it. This particular Anenome liked to move around a lot .. I have had it for over 6 months and had saved it several times from the powerheads by switching them off overnight. Lesson learned ..

To save the tank I quickly did another 10% 20 Litre water change .. tried to hoover up as much protein bits in the tank as possible and changed filters, got the protein skimmer tuned etc .. We will see how we get on. I am monitoring NH3 levels as I assume they will go up when the tiny bits of Anenome start decomposing. It was showing 0.005 on my Seneye reader beforehand then went up to 0.012 this morning but I am pleased to say it is back down to 0.007 now. Keeping a watchful eye on the inhabitants to see they are going to be OK.

 

[125mph]

Before I successfully kept my haddoni, I had a few failures.. The first two attempts were from DD and they just didn't shop well. Both ended up dying within a week. I just removed the nem and that was that. Nothing else was affected.

Obviously if you leave dead livestock in the tank for a few days, it could foul up the water.. maybe if it got in the powerheads it could really get nasty.. but hard to think a nem could crash a tank.

 

[MarinaP]

And to debunk another myth that spawning anemones crash tanks -

My 20"+ red haddoni has been spawning in the 350g system often. You cannot see sps 5" into the tank when event is in progress. I run carbon for a few hours after the spawn, and everything in the tank is alive and well.