Nems with powerheads

[Fish_Kid99]

I just ordered a Hydor Koralia Evolution Pump 1050 and a JBJ OceanStream Aquarium Circulation Pump 1600. I am picking up a LTA tomorrow and the powerheads next week. I heard that nems could crawl inside and get torn up. Is there any way to stop this from happening?

 

[triggreef]

I had a big condy get liquified by my JBJ 1600. He was just under it on some rock work for several weeks. Then one day moved and just got to close to the wrong side, and no one was there to stop it.

I would say keep and eye on it if it gets close, but as far as something to stop that from ever happening... IDK

 

[Fish_Kid99]

I have a 55 gallon and wanted to put it on the left of the tank but thats right under where the powerhead will be...

Plus with school it could easily "walk" into the power head without any intervening from me. If i find it crawling up the side, how would i stop it?

 

[James77]

No real way to stop them from wandering, but at least with BTA's I have had, they only move 1-1.5 feet at a time. If they are new, or start moving, I just turn off the and power head that is near them until they settle or are out of 12-24 hours range of it.

 

[Fish_Kid99]

Ok i did not know if i could just pick it up carefully and move it.

 

[James77]

Ok i did not know if i could just pick it up carefully and move it.

I wouldn't...they will always end up going where they want

 

[corny_ratbag]

I wouldn't...they will always end up going where they want

+ 1 to this, they will move to places you don't want them. However we have had success shinning a torch at them from the direction we want them to move and blocking all other light. Once they have moved to where you want them (it takes days of sitting there for an hour or 2 to get them to inch closer and closer to where you want them) I give them a big feed of krill and constantly feed them for a week or 2. Following that I back off and they usually say where I want them as long as there are not huge changes to light, flow or parameters.

 

[Fish_Kid99]

a torch...

I was thinking you meant a fire torch. I was like how the heck am i supposed to do that:eek1: Then i realized you lived in Australia :lol2: Guess i'll get my "torch" out. XD

 

[RarefiedAir24]

My Bubble Tips might have moved two inches down over the last year.. They're footed in a crevice in the live rock..

Fortunately, I haven't had to worry about them wandering around the tank stinging corals and getting sucked into power heads..

Frank

 

[Stepho725]

I just saw a BTA stuck in a powerhead and being torn up at a LFS. I went and told the owner that he may have an anemone emergency and told him what was happening to which he said 'oh yeah I saw that earlier today' and turned around and started talking again with another customer....*jaw drop* *blink blink* that was kind of the last draw with this particular lfs and am now going to have to travel 45 mins to a new store.
Oh well!
Anyways my question about this is would that make the tank toxic/poisoned and wipe all the livestock out??

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[James77]

I was thinking you meant a fire torch. I was like how the heck am i supposed to do that:eek1: Then i realized you lived in Australia :lol2: Guess i'll get my "torch" out. XD

, same here.....

I was picturing myself blasting a plumbers torch at the tank....

 

[Fish_Kid99]

I just saw a BTA stuck in a powerhead and being torn up at a LFS. I went and told the owner that he may have an anemone emergency and told him what was happening to which he said 'oh yeah I saw that earlier today' and turned around and started talking again with another customer....*jaw drop* *blink blink* that was kind of the last draw with this particular lfs and am now going to have to travel 45 mins to a new store.
Oh well!
Anyways my question about this is would that make the tank toxic/poisoned and wipe all the livestock out??

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Several different possibilities:

1. The tentacles will dissolve in the water and rot causing an ammonia spike.

2. The tentacles will dissolve relesing the stinging cells everywhere, thus stinging everything to death.

3.The tenacles wont dissolve but will fly around the tank stinging whatever they touch.

4. The tentacles will land on the rocks and may start to bud into lots of mini nems.

5. Nothing will happen.

Not sure if all of these are true or not but just some possibilites.

 

[Rutrag]

IME, the problem with an anemone getting shredded is the cloudiness and the ensuing decay spiking pollutants (ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate) in the system. If one does get caught in a power head, turn the powerhead off. If possible, remove the guard or inlet from the powerhead and set the anemone down in the tank with the guard. If you catch them early enough, they can extract themselves. I advise against trying to pull the anemone out, as you will often tear them. My LTA let go of the substrate and ended up in an MJ600 once. I was able to follow the instructions above and he's AOK now. I've been fortunate since the one incident with both my LTA and a hadoni.

 

[velvetelvis]

Cover the powerheads, and keep them covered.