If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.........

[Sandy]

New problem. Darn rose bta travels, got into bit of a bind. Actually,,, got into my koralia powerhead. Yea, sucks for me right? I didn't notice until late last night. I thought it had gone behind the rocks like it always does,,,, well not this time. Peel and pulled it out of the slots, nothing but a slime blob mess. Thought what the heck, threw it in a one gallon tank (don't ask) just for craps and giggles. Looked pretty bad, guts and gore and all that good stuff. This morning the piece had climbed up the side of the tank. The foot kinda puffs up and moves around. What are the chances this thing will live and should I put it back in the main tank? I have been doing water changes in the small tank a few times a day using water from the big tank. Don't ask me what all has come out of my mouth, it isn't nice. (I get that from my great grandmother, she cussed worse than a sailor. Matter of fact, it woke Lloyd up, when he found out what happened, he didn't say much (so as not to piss me off even more) (smart man) and went back to bed. Also, I haven't seen a filter cover for the koralia, is there one and should I try to cover it, or was this just a FREAK thing? Yes, I know bta's are bad about traveling, but you would think they would feel the pull and back off. I have seen this one move quite fast just from me touching it when I moved a coral away from it.

Side note,,,, Gerwin do you have any reef nutrition Phyto Feast and Roti feast?

[Redfish]

Do you remember the yellow Tank that I told you that I had die the other day, the one that I put down the toilet instead of taking outside and throwing in the trash can. Well I called the plumber and he came out and took care of the problem for me for $200.00. I guess that doesn't qualify as bad luck though, more like stupidly.

[C-21 USAF]

Without counting I must have about 50 stories similar to these...

Sandy I would leave it in the main tank unless I thought it was dead or other animals were picking at it...yeak, kind of a freak thing...haven't heard of a cover for the korallias.

[Sandy]

Redfish,,, I guess that means that all drains don't really lead to the sea
Sorry, it does sound like something that would happen to me.

I did put the bta back in the main tank. It does show signs of life, so I guess we will see. I did read in a post that someone used pantyhose to put around their powerhead. Might try that when I get around to it. I don't think the bta will travel much right now.

[Gerwin]

Side note,,,, Gerwin do you have any reef nutrition Phyto Feast and Roti feast?

weds or thursday, roti fwast here now oyster here anyday

they come back, have seen them get chewed up many times and come back, especially if its mainly tentacles that get torn off.
as far as Koralia covers ...no but you could not cover the intake anyway it would defeat the gph of the circulation. Its one of those things you deal with and hope it does not happen. ARCHIE would tell you anemones have no place in reef tanks. lol. maybe a closed loop with large screen is the only way to have your cake and eat it with anemones.

[Sandy]

There are alot of people that say reef tanks should not have anemones in them. But you know, I am out of the norm.

[Redfish]

I would like to set up another tank just for the BTA and the clowns. Now that I have an extra skimmer, I may just do that.

[Sandy]

I would like to set up another tank just for the BTA and the clowns. Now that I have an extra skimmer, I may just do that.

You might just have to do that. Why don't you set up a grow out tank and let me catch some of my babies when they hatch and you can grow them up to be big boys and girls.... I think it could be done.

[Sandy]

UPDATE,,,,,,, seems like the chewed up bta is going to make it. It is just much smaller than it use to be,,, but I guess that is better than being dead.

[Gerwin]

they come back, have seen them get chewed up many times

[Brad]

Ehem, uh Gerwin... I told you those korelias are dangerous. Sandy the exact same thing happened to me, and Gerwin acted like he didn't believe it. First thing I did was pull those korelias out of my tank, now I use them to mix large batches of saltwater. Unfortunately for me mine didn't make it, nice to hear yours will though.

[Gerwin]

blah blah Brad, Do we all buy closed loops systems? or tear down our reef tanks because a anemone gets sucked in to a filter or wavemaker? you wanna anemones? and current? well the risk is always there no matter the pump and if you think you got it all figured out on the exhaust side then it will get partially sucked into the intake or overflo.

So the bottom line actually becomes how bad do you want a anemone?

I have seen tanks overflow as a anemone o size blocks up the overflow box! Live on the edge players or play it safe> no anemones in the tank.

[Sandy]

I have seen tanks overflow as a anemone o size blocks up the overflow box! Live on the edge players or play it safe> no anemones in the tank.

Tank overflow,, that would suck. I would rather the anemone be chewed up than to have that happen. I didn't take out my powerhead because of it chewing up my anemone, had to move it to the side of the tank because after I cleaned it, it blew much stronger and kept blowing too much of my sand around.. I knew I was taking a risk,, I just hate having to admit it happened and not to mention rose bta's ain't cheap. Just glad mine is actually still alive.. And for now,,, it hasn't moved since I put it back in the main tank.... with that being said,,,, it will move to the other side of the tank before morning..

[Brad]

blah blah Brad, Do we all buy closed loops systems? or tear down our reef tanks because a anemone gets sucked in to a filter or wavemaker? you wanna anemones? and current? well the risk is always there no matter the pump and if you think you got it all figured out on the exhaust side then it will get partially sucked into the intake or overflo.

So the bottom line actually becomes how bad do you want a anemone?

I have seen tanks overflow as a anemone o size blocks up the overflow box! Live on the edge players or play it safe> no anemones in the tank.

Blah Blah Blah Gerwin, Im just saying those damn things chew up anemones. I know they can be fine in a tank with anemones but then one day your anemone will get a hair up his butt and decide to move. Of course your right Gerwin no tank is completely safe for anemones or with anemones, but I had other powerheads such as maxijets that were right next to my anemone in our 30 g biocube and he never got sucked into it because I had a way block the intake. So yes they do suck up anemones, is every other powerhead anemone proof... Hell no! Neither is any tank filtration system, the difference is I can remove the korelias, I can't remove the overflows.

[Gerwin]

so then your saying you are willing to take the risk...
thats all one can address,
Do you like anemones enough to deal with the potential risk, whether it be sucked into overflos, pump intakes, air injectors or crawling over the top or next to your prize coral, they are a crap shoot.
That being said few things can captivate the imagination like a pair of clowns hosting with a nice anemone.

BTW to all who read, Brad is a friend and part time helper at the Shop, we joke at the shop and we joke around here too, so please do not take our going back and forth for more than just a laugh. He is like the new dumb puppy you get that gets into everything even things he knows he should not, sometimes you just gotta pop him in the nose and other times you just let him go and learn the hard way

Now lets keep all the topics on subject shall we. Brad can make a whole new thread for us to jab each other.

what was the subject.....oh yeah anemones coming back to life, Arch had one get mauled pretty good in a Tunze Stream and it came back too. I had one get sucked into a little Giant 4md qx it turned into milk...but we will save that story for another time....