kinda of a funny question.

Salty Cracker · 12/29/2014, 03:57 PM

Last night I found my nem stuck in the power head. I want to pick up a new one today, but I just did a 40% water change with RO water. I was using tap water for nine months. Should I wait, or would it be safe to get one for my clowns? Also any tips on keeping them out of the power heads?

Sk8r · 12/29/2014, 04:02 PM

Wait. They release stinging cells when wounded and can destroy a tank. Keeping them out of powerheads? Looking at my own powerhead, and considering the ways of nems, I'd say forget having anything but a carpet anemone and even then, disaster is possible. Upgrade your tank to corals, and get either a toadstool softie or a hammer coral. Either would require careful attention to water chemistry. But clowns generally have no trouble making a home in same; and if you have a nicely-growing hammer, they'll have tentacles aplenty. The thing they also have is a stony skeleton rooting them firmly where you put them. They do require calcium supplementation, via kalk or some other method.

Salty Cracker · 12/29/2014, 04:29 PM

Thanks. I'll hold off. Tank is only a 50 gallin breeder so a carpet is out of the question. My fish and corals seem fine. Should i do a water change being the release stinging cells? I just did a 40% with the RO system.

FraggledRock · 12/29/2014, 04:31 PM

Also try to put some kind of sock or foam around the power head to not have it happen again

eeyore357 · 12/29/2014, 05:39 PM

Some powerhead manufactures make covers. Often called prefilters or foam guards.

12/29/2014, 03:57 PM	#1
Salty Cracker Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 218	kinda of a funny question. Last night I found my nem stuck in the power head. I want to pick up a new one today, but I just did a 40% water change with RO water. I was using tap water for nine months. Should I wait, or would it be safe to get one for my clowns? Also any tips on keeping them out of the power heads?

12/29/2014, 04:02 PM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Wait. They release stinging cells when wounded and can destroy a tank. Keeping them out of powerheads? Looking at my own powerhead, and considering the ways of nems, I'd say forget having anything but a carpet anemone and even then, disaster is possible. Upgrade your tank to corals, and get either a toadstool softie or a hammer coral. Either would require careful attention to water chemistry. But clowns generally have no trouble making a home in same; and if you have a nicely-growing hammer, they'll have tentacles aplenty. The thing they also have is a stony skeleton rooting them firmly where you put them. They do require calcium supplementation, via kalk or some other method. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

12/29/2014, 04:31 PM	#4
FraggledRock Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New York, New York Posts: 2,185	Also try to put some kind of sock or foam around the power head to not have it happen again __________________ “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”― Jacques-Yves Cousteau MarineBio.org Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder w/ Bean Animal Overflow 20G Sump, Mixed Reef.

12/29/2014, 05:39 PM	#5
eeyore357 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Alabama Posts: 121	Some powerhead manufactures make covers. Often called prefilters or foam guards. __________________ 180 gallon marineland dual cornerflow, eshopps R-300 refugium, SRO3000INT skimmer, 3 Evergrow 165w LEDs, 2 Jebao WP-40P, Danner Mag drive 18 return pump, Hydor smart ATO,... Ocellaris pair, Yellow Ta Current Tank Info: 180 gallon & 20 gallon long QT

12/29/2014, 04:29 PM	#3
Salty Cracker Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 218	Thanks. I'll hold off. Tank is only a 50 gallin breeder so a carpet is out of the question. My fish and corals seem fine. Should i do a water change being the release stinging cells? I just did a 40% with the RO system.