AHHHHHHHH the worst possible thing happened

[beanie]

or well i think any how. my anenome decided to move into the path of my power head and i was at work.. well it sucked it up, chopped it up and spewed it all over my tank............ now my tank is all cloudy. not real bad but a noticable difference.. is this bad. well i know its bad, i have anenome all over the place. but how severe... cuss my LFS is selling good sized huma huma for $20 and i want to go buy one today???? please advice. is adding fish to the tank now ok?

 

[wolffam]

Have the LFS hold the fish for you. Clean out as much of the pieces as possible. Depending on the size of your tank, the size of the anemone and the size of your clean up crew, you might want to get ready to do a water change. The ammonia level may start to rise. If so, do a partial water change. Let the tank stabilize before adding the fish. Your LFS should not have a problem holding the fish, although they might require a deposit. Explain your situation, they should be willing to work with you. HTH

 

[a&m aggie 04']

i wouldnt add anything to that tank now. Check your parameters, i bet your ammonia shot up with him dying, it probably put some other kind of toxin in your tank. Id recommend running some carbon on your tank, and doing a good water change until you get the levels back to normal. Do you have anything else in that tank now??

 

[beanie]

CRAP i just did a water change a few hours befor he killed himself. tanks 90 gallons i have 6 emeralds an arrow crab about 20 narssiseris snails (spelt wrong) and 7 or 8 turbo snails and 3 bumble bee snails everything is alive and movin fine. my damsels doing ok.. water is just cloudy. is it safe to change the water twice with in 24 hours?

 

[fishman88]

i am sorry i got to laf haha. that is not kool man i hope everything will be ok good luck. and if you do not mind me asking what kind of power head do you have. cuz ither the capturer hole are too big or it is extreamly powerful.
mike

 

[beanie]

Powerhead, by aquaclear 402 for up to 50 gallons pumps 270 gallons/hour im sure i need a new one or one thats ment for saltwater or something but this is what I had and its a cold killer.

 

[saltynewbie]

you should get a prefilter attachment for that powerhead if youre gonna use it... i lost a mandarin the same way you lost yours... i just attach the basket part of the prefilter and leave the actual filter part off (it was trapping too much stuff)... i have also heard that you can stick a bioball in the intake to keep livestock from getting sucked in. HTH

 

[beanie]

hmmm thanks i will deffinetly give that a shot... anything is worth trying if it will save my fish

 

[hairtrigger]

Won't a huma huma trigger nip at, bite, and attack anenomes? I tried a cheap anenome in my trigger tank back in the day and they had a field day with it. I guess it either didnt sting it, or the triggers were too tough for it.

 

[hairtrigger]

Wait... now if there is something like a huma huma anenome that I don't know about... just disregard what I said. Cause I know about fish... but no nada about anenomes.

 

[fishkiller]

Yeah smartguy- Never heard of a huma huma anenome either. It's ok, nobody is perfect. lol