peppermint shrimp

spiceycat · 02/08/2013, 06:19 PM

How do you prevent them from getting sucked in to the powerhead?

TomTheWicked · 02/08/2013, 08:34 PM

We'd need a little more information about your tank to give a good answer.

What kind of powerheads?
Where are they located in the tank?

markandamber11 · 02/09/2013, 12:23 AM

yeah .. im curious on power heads brand etc... you might be seeing his molt

spiceycat · 02/09/2013, 04:33 AM

It's just an aqua clear 50 that draws/sucks water in the bottom and forces it out the front.

kenc87 · 02/09/2013, 05:52 AM

Are you sure it isn't a molt?

Chevelle5434 · 02/09/2013, 06:06 AM

If it can't get away from a power head then it must be sick and to weak to be able to. Mine will sit on my koralia 1400 with no problem.

spiceycat · 02/09/2013, 09:04 AM

I was just wondering this because they look so fragile and I was wondering if it could happen to them. plus I haven't seen the shrimp since I put him in the tank two days ago. :-/

nynick · 02/09/2013, 09:41 AM

If you were that tiny and that delicious you would hide too

I put in a blood shrimp in my tank and he just vanished, wrote him of as dead. Then 2 months later....poof...there he was. How something that red can hide is a mystery to me.

He is probably somewhere around your tank....don't expect to see too much of him, ever.

spiceycat · 02/09/2013, 09:49 AM

Lol..His first day he ate so much frozen mysis he got to before the fish, he probably won't be hungry again for a very long time.

Dmorty217 · 02/09/2013, 09:55 AM

Don't worry about the shrimp they won't be sucked into the power head. The ocean is much more violent than your tank is. I have a MP60 and a 6215 wavebox on my 125g and nothing gets sucked into anything including my Australian sea apple

spiceycat · 02/09/2013, 10:44 AM

wow thanks! what's a sea apple?!

Occane5 · 02/09/2013, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dmorty217

Don't worry about the shrimp they won't be sucked into the power head. The ocean is much more violent than your tank is. I have a MP60 and a 6215 wavebox on my 125g and nothing gets sucked into anything including my Australian sea apple

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bnumair · 02/09/2013, 11:04 AM

like mentioned earlier if they are not sick and dying already they wont get sucked into power heads. also they usually stay low and hide alot.

cloak · 02/09/2013, 11:16 AM

The way that these pumps are made, there's quite a bit of suction from the intake IMO. There's always a chance the shrimp could get too close and not be able to escape. You might want to use a single bioball and place it in the intake. This will dampen the amount of "pull" the pump has. HTH.

02/08/2013, 06:19 PM	#1
spiceycat Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Hamden,CT. Posts: 154	peppermint shrimp How do you prevent them from getting sucked in to the powerhead?

02/08/2013, 08:34 PM	#2
TomTheWicked Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Frednecksburg, VA Posts: 170	We'd need a little more information about your tank to give a good answer. What kind of powerheads? Where are they located in the tank? __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'till it is" Current Tank Info: 40B w/20G sump, custom stand

02/09/2013, 11:04 AM	#13
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	like mentioned earlier if they are not sick and dying already they wont get sucked into power heads. also they usually stay low and hide alot. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

02/09/2013, 12:23 AM	#3
markandamber11 Moved On Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Winter Haven Posts: 47	yeah .. im curious on power heads brand etc... you might be seeing his molt

02/09/2013, 04:33 AM	#4
spiceycat Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Hamden,CT. Posts: 154	It's just an aqua clear 50 that draws/sucks water in the bottom and forces it out the front.

02/09/2013, 05:52 AM	#5
kenc87 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ypsilanti, MI Posts: 610	Are you sure it isn't a molt?

02/09/2013, 06:06 AM	#6
Chevelle5434 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota Posts: 111	If it can't get away from a power head then it must be sick and to weak to be able to. Mine will sit on my koralia 1400 with no problem.

02/09/2013, 09:04 AM	#7
spiceycat Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Hamden,CT. Posts: 154	I was just wondering this because they look so fragile and I was wondering if it could happen to them. plus I haven't seen the shrimp since I put him in the tank two days ago. :-/

02/09/2013, 09:41 AM	#8
nynick Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,029	If you were that tiny and that delicious you would hide too I put in a blood shrimp in my tank and he just vanished, wrote him of as dead. Then 2 months later....poof...there he was. How something that red can hide is a mystery to me. He is probably somewhere around your tank....don't expect to see too much of him, ever.

02/09/2013, 09:49 AM	#9
spiceycat Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Hamden,CT. Posts: 154	Lol..His first day he ate so much frozen mysis he got to before the fish, he probably won't be hungry again for a very long time.

02/09/2013, 09:55 AM	#10
Dmorty217 Saltwater Addict Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Vandalia OHIO Posts: 11,624	Don't worry about the shrimp they won't be sucked into the power head. The ocean is much more violent than your tank is. I have a MP60 and a 6215 wavebox on my 125g and nothing gets sucked into anything including my Australian sea apple

02/09/2013, 10:44 AM	#11
spiceycat Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Hamden,CT. Posts: 154	wow thanks! what's a sea apple?!

02/09/2013, 11:16 AM	#14
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	The way that these pumps are made, there's quite a bit of suction from the intake IMO. There's always a chance the shrimp could get too close and not be able to escape. You might want to use a single bioball and place it in the intake. This will dampen the amount of "pull" the pump has. HTH.