Nanostream and anemone

[korbynlehr]

I am considering changing from my maxijet 1200 to a Nanostream 6025. My only concer is that it appears an anemone would have a fairly easy time getting in to the intake on the tunze. Are the any sponges or something that will prevent an anemone from commiting suicide with a tunze?

 

[korbynlehr]

Anybody?

 

[Jasonincuritiba]

No sponge, most likely if the anemone gets near the intake it will get sucked in

 

[sandhillcrane]

My green sea hare crawls all over it with no problems. I even spotted a few baby limpets inside the shroud yesterday.

 

[korbynlehr]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8920630#post8920630 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sandhillcrane
My green sea hare crawls all over it with no problems. I even spotted a few baby limpets inside the shroud yesterday.

But isn't a sea hare similar to a snail?

 

[rvitko]

It is a nudibranch, shelless snail, the body is similar to an anemone in "squishiness". I think it would be about as safe as a powerhead/ anemone combo can get. FWIW, I have two in a 58 with a ritteri.

 

[korbynlehr]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8926048#post8926048 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rvitko
It is a nudibranch, shelless snail, the body is similar to an anemone in "squishiness". I think it would be about as safe as a powerhead/ anemone combo can get. FWIW, I have two in a 58 with a ritteri.

I do not want to sound like I do not believe you but it just looks from the pictures I have seen that there is a large area the anemone could get into the powerhead on these. am I looking at it correctly that in intake is the ball shaped area with the slits in it? Is there any mesh or filter media in between the slits of the intake?

 

[GSMguy]

it should be ok it will improve flow nem may stop wandering

 

[grim]

One of my many small BTAs got sucked against a Nanostream intake. Wasn't torn apart, but received the same level of damage any other pump intake would have inflicted. It has since recovered, always amazed at how much damage those guys can take. Anemones will wander, and they will get sucked into any pump intake that isn't protected. While it did not get sucked into the pump, suction is good enough to keep it tightly pressed against the nanostream. I'll take my chances with the exposed nanostream. If I see an anemone on the move, I'll simply turn the pump off for a few days. You can try keeping the nanostream in an upper corner of your tank, far away from any rock outcroppings. Also, you might want to think about re-arranging your rock into an "island" if you are keeping anemones. I've found that BTAs and others will not care to trek across the sand to make their way to glass. While it won't stop them from moving, it does keep them from wandering up and down the walls, which is usually the most dangerous place.

jb

 

[rvitko]

As I said, it is as safe as a powerhead/anemone combo will get. Meaning, there is some danger but the more diffuse larger intake is certainly more forgiving than the small intake on most traditional powerheads.

 

[emoutz]

I agree, I had a fromia get sucked against my SEIO. It suffered incredible damage but recovered. The suction near my 6045s must not be anything close to what the SEIO produced - I saw my fromia crawl over the 6045 yesterday without issue.

 

[grim]

I was originally concerned that the Nanostream would be too much flow for my 30g lps/nem cube. I had a number of other powerheads, but the flow was simply too rough for my anemones. I wanted to be able to keep flow high (complex rockwork) so I decided to try one of these out. Much higher flow in my tank than the powerheads it replaced (2 mj1200), and the flow is much more gentle. My anemones and LPS no longer get thrashed around in the laser-like (laminar) jets of the little pumps.

jb

 

[GSMguy]

well putt grim

 

[ct_vol]

I had a RBTA split and one of the halves wandered too close to my 6025... It did a little bit of damage, but nothing like my Seio M1500... The seio ate and destroyed my sebae anem... Like rvitko said... Its about the safest PH you could have... But theres always that chance... I'm still completely happy with mine...