Question for BTA owners
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WVfishguy
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All motile anemones will get into trouble eventually unless intakes are covered. Fuji's Reef (in Charleston) has a tank set up for anemones. He fabricated a perforated acrylic box in front of the tank's overflows. I use a sponge on the intakes on my 38 gallon tank, but I change the sponges often (to prevent nitrate buildup). I don't recommend sponges unless you clean them almost daily.
firefish2020
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I cover mine, almost lost my BTA about 2 years back when it got sucked into a MJ1200.
Lee_Bay
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Covering with a sponge type filter. Something to keep the BTA from becoming Anemone Chunks after it goes through the powerhead. Just a friendly word of advice, they CAN fit through that slotted screen. Makes one heck of a mess in the tank and **sses everything in the tank off. No losses yet, but I am definitely worried about the Xenia of all things. It doesn't look good.
firefish2020
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Yeh that's how mine got ripped in half, I pulled the screen off and let him get himself out of it. Took a day or so and he looked like there was no way he would make it. However that was about two years ago and today he is HUGE and happy. After that I put a sponge on it, and yes you have to clean it a lot. A better way would be to build yourself an anemone shield. An acrylic box that fits around the intakes to protect any anemone(s) or delicate creatures from getting sucked into the pump.
WVfishguy
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That's what Fuji has - I did not know it was called an "anemone shield." That's a good name for it. Fuji told me he just bought acrylic from Lowes (or somewhere - I forget) glued it together and drilled holes in it. Looks good. Really, it's just a common sense thing - just a box with holes in it.
firefish2020
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Yep "Anemone Shield" is a term I use to describe a box or mesh that protects the opening of a powerhead. You won't find a commercially available one that I know of, break out the acrylic and dremel and start building.
