problem with my nem bta again

[karsseboom]

ok so my bta has been doing ok for a few day since i bought him, then he rolled of and i found him stuck to my powerhead..omg i thingk he may have rolled over some of my corals to. What should i do? do you think he may have stung some of the coral if he had rolled over them before he got stuck to the power head?

 

[garygb]

Turn the powerhead off and let the anemone get itself out. It may take a while, but this is the best way to do it. There's nothing you can do if your anemone stung your corals. Once it disconnects with the powerhead, provide it a rock/cave/hole in the live rock where it will attach and stay put. Also, after it detaches from the ph, put covering on the powerhead to prevent the same thing from happening again.

 

[cherubfish pair]

What are somethings that can be used to cover powerheads?

 

[karsseboom]

well i got him out and then just an min ago he was stuck back into the powerhead for the second time. I think im just gonna give it back to the lfs.

 

[TheReefNinja]

How about shutting down the power head and letting it attach to a rock?

 

[karsseboom]

well he stayed put for a while and i was like ok cool maybe they wont move all over the tank and sting other coral. then when all was good he started to move and i cant risk him costing me hundreds of dollars in coral. btw i bought him before all the coral so he could get settled but he still ended up moving.

 

[cherubfish pair]

well i got him out and then just an min ago he was stuck back into the powerhead for the second time. I think im just gonna give it back to the lfs.

Good job, that's a tough thing to do.

 

[Monster00101]

My vortech came with a piece of faom that fits around the head. gets dirty quick but keeps them out of it.

 

[cherubfish pair]

I wonder if those foams will fit on a Tunze nanostream.

 

[Sfork]

go to a craft store and get some plastic screen. http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/12485 here's a writeup someone in my local club did.

 

[cherubfish pair]

http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/12485

That's a lot better idea than foam.