Anemone got sucked into Powerhead - Page 2

Nanook · 09/02/2018, 07:34 AM

Running 8 pounds of carbon in sump and my wife will mix 200 gallons of saltwater while I’m at work today. I got 26 fish out still have another 15 or so small ones to find tonight. My four clowns lived. I’m now worried about my SPS that I’ve spent a lot of money on

Nanook · 09/02/2018, 07:47 AM

Running 8 pounds of carbon in sump and will do a 225 gallon water change tonight after work. Two pairs of clowns are alive

lpsouth1978 · 09/02/2018, 11:54 PM

I had an RBTA get shredded about 15 years ago. On a whim, I kept a chunk of the foot in the sump and it miraculously survived. Today it is still in the tank (sold the tank to a friend about 12 years ago) and at last count is now 19 nems. I got lucky and no harm was done to the tank, though the nem was in pieces EVERYWHERE!

Lancerman · 09/11/2018, 12:23 PM

Stories like these are why I'd be hesitant to stock BTA but I want my clowns to be happy. I picked up a leather toadstool that clowns are known to host on. Will provide updates. Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences to this newbie

OrionN · 09/11/2018, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Nanook

Lost 40 plus fish this morning when one of my three Ritteri got sucyinti my Tunze

Wondering if sps will die too???

Lost some 15 year old fish

Sorry to hear this.
From other people experienced, the sting will not kill corals, but the quality of the water can if you are not able to locate and remove the dead fish. Good luck. Hope you will be able to avert tank crash.

Nanook · 09/11/2018, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by OrionN

Sorry to hear this.
From other people experienced, the sting will not kill corals, but the quality of the water can if you are not able to locate and remove the dead fish. Good luck. Hope you will be able to avert tank crash.

Thanks, my SPS, clam and other invertebrates are just fine. I did a 50 percent water change that evening after work. I’m going to sell my other two Ritteri, too heart breaking losing some of my 15+ year fish.

CoralsAddiction · 09/12/2018, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Nanook

I’m going to sell my other two Ritteri, too heart breaking losing some of my 15+ year fish.

Sorry to hear. An experience such as yours would be discouraging to continue in the hobby...much props to you for dealing with the disaster.

My newly acquired Ritteri walked into a powerhead last Saturday. Luckily it happened in QT after the first dose of Cipro. The anemone is doing ok and is recovering nicely. However, based on this experience, in addition to yours, I decided that I'll move my coral colonies to another tank. The Ritteri will be in a tank with H. Malu and a couple of frags.
I've heard and have personally witnessed the destruction a Ritteri death can cause in a reef tank. It's horrible.
Best of luck to you with your reef tank recovery.

garygb · 09/12/2018, 01:19 PM

I've only observed movement with anemones when the nitrates start to creep up above the undetectable level. Nitrates are not particularly toxic to anemones, unless quite high, but they do seem "irritated" by them even when in low concentration.

A.ocellaris · 09/26/2018, 11:35 AM

Run some carbon as people mentioned before. Also, if its a BTA, they can recover

Planetmacro · 09/27/2018, 10:39 AM

Happened to me. All the fish died except the clownfish. 100% water change was needed. It was a small 20 gallon tank.

09/02/2018, 07:34 AM	#26
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	Running 8 pounds of carbon in sump and my wife will mix 200 gallons of saltwater while I’m at work today. I got 26 fish out still have another 15 or so small ones to find tonight. My four clowns lived. I’m now worried about my SPS that I’ve spent a lot of money on __________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

09/02/2018, 07:47 AM	#27
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	Running 8 pounds of carbon in sump and will do a 225 gallon water change tonight after work. Two pairs of clowns are alive __________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

09/02/2018, 11:54 PM	#28
lpsouth1978 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 915	I had an RBTA get shredded about 15 years ago. On a whim, I kept a chunk of the foot in the sump and it miraculously survived. Today it is still in the tank (sold the tank to a friend about 12 years ago) and at last count is now 19 nems. I got lucky and no harm was done to the tank, though the nem was in pieces EVERYWHERE! __________________ Current tank: 40B work in progress w/20L sump

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09/11/2018, 12:23 PM	#29
Lancerman Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Arcadia Posts: 35	Stories like these are why I'd be hesitant to stock BTA but I want my clowns to be happy. I picked up a leather toadstool that clowns are known to host on. Will provide updates. Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences to this newbie

09/12/2018, 01:19 PM	#33
garygb Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: los angeles Posts: 4,471	I've only observed movement with anemones when the nitrates start to creep up above the undetectable level. Nitrates are not particularly toxic to anemones, unless quite high, but they do seem "irritated" by them even when in low concentration.

09/26/2018, 11:35 AM	#34
A.ocellaris Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 12	Run some carbon as people mentioned before. Also, if its a BTA, they can recover

09/27/2018, 10:39 AM	#35
Planetmacro Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 160	Happened to me. All the fish died except the clownfish. 100% water change was needed. It was a small 20 gallon tank.