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Posted: October 12 2008 at 2:16pm |
I have had a problem with a couple of anemones getting sucked into my powerheads. Any suggestions how I can stop this besides taking out the powerheads?
I would appreciate any ideas.
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Posted: October 12 2008 at 2:27pm |
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Put a spounge on the bottom of the power heads,.. Wait a min, what powerheads do you have?
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WHAT KINDA GUM????... Give em 2 sticks.
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Posted: October 12 2008 at 3:16pm |
 MrViper wrote:
I have had a problem with a couple of anemones getting sucked into my powerheads. Any suggestions how I can stop this besides taking out the powerheads?
I would appreciate any ideas. |
Take out the anemones?
Mike
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Posted: October 12 2008 at 9:49pm |
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I have koralias. I also have a maxijet
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Posted: October 12 2008 at 11:08pm |
I have only had one anenome get sucked into a powerhead. It was my pink & green tube anenome right after I moved it into this temp tank. Other than that I havent had any problems.
Do you have to powerful of powerheads for your tank?
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Posted: October 12 2008 at 11:27pm |
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Use a some mesh or womens stocking to put over the koralia and a sponge on the maxijet.
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Posted: October 13 2008 at 4:43pm |
I knew someone would say take out the anemones.
I had an anemone get sucked into a nano koralia, also a small aqua medic ps 10, so not strong ones. One of the anemones is coming back, but the other is doubtful at the moment.
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Posted: October 13 2008 at 6:29pm |
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I make secondary cages to go around the intake screen.
I use a black plastic mesh called plastic canvas found in the needlepoint section of the crafts store. I'll see if I have a pic.
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Posted: October 13 2008 at 9:48pm |
Mark's suggestion would be much better than finer material that would clog up easily and possibly damage the pump.
Mike
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Posted: October 13 2008 at 10:42pm |
Sorry, the pic isn't that good, it was taken looking down trhough the water.
You can see how the algae has grown around this MJ1200 and it's still pumping at full force. I never clean it. See the cute Bangaii at the right?
The cage is made by cutting pieces and sewing together with fishing line. I make it so it fits snug around the impeller housing then tac it in place with 4 or 5 spots of gel superglue.
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Posted: October 20 2008 at 12:52pm |
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What about with a koralia power head?
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