OH MY GOD WHAt HECK BUBBLE ANEMONE

[cap23244]

i could not belive my eyes i got up early this morning and my tank water was cloudy. i was like what the heck is going on.
then i seen it my large bubble tip crawled in to one of my powerheads threw the protective screen. i cant see how but it did. the openings are very small the slits in it you couldnt get a credit card to squeez through it. but the anemone did. i am bummed.
is this common. has this happend to anyone else.

[AquaReeferMan]

It happened to my Mothers tank. Do you use any sponges on your powerheads???

[slcw]

time to go for closed loops perhaps?
anyone here does closed loops?

[Anemone]

Yes, it is common. What happens is that once the anemone covers most of the powerhead intake, the suction basically shreds the anemone through the grate (and into the impeller).

Sorry for your loss, but you should do a serious water change, crank up the skimmer and run some carbon to pull out the pollution before you lose fish.

Good luck.

Kevin