How to screen powerheads.
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sweatervest13
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Originally Posted by Wartooth1 http:///t/391962/how-to-screen-powerheads#post_3478401
Hey guys,
I was wondering what the best methods are to screen your powerheads so that delicate creatures such has sea hares and cucumbers don't get sucked up are without weakening the flow?
If you have any "how to" pics that would be great to!
Thanks!
Ladies pantyhose and a rubber band.
I would post a pic, but I think that you can figure it out.
Originally Posted by Wartooth1 http:///t/391962/how-to-screen-powerheads#post_3478401
Hey guys,
I was wondering what the best methods are to screen your powerheads so that delicate creatures such has sea hares and cucumbers don't get sucked up are without weakening the flow?
If you have any "how to" pics that would be great to!
Thanks!
Ladies pantyhose and a rubber band.
I would post a pic, but I think that you can figure it out.
wartooth1
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For the record my powerheads are not all that powerful, I have a 40 gallon tank so the powerheads in it are strong enough for that size. I've seen my turbo and trochus snails crawl along the suction areas and not get harmed... but I'd like to make the powerheads cucumber proof since I am wanting to add a pink and green cucumber soon.
wartooth1
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Originally Posted by GeoJ http:///t/391962/how-to-screen-powerheads#post_3478415
Is this going to be the nudibranch tank?
Just a cucumber for now... but I would like a nudi at some point.
Originally Posted by GeoJ http:///t/391962/how-to-screen-powerheads#post_3478415
Is this going to be the nudibranch tank?
Just a cucumber for now... but I would like a nudi at some point.
geoj
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My experience has been with the Blue Velvet Nudibranch. I have lost two or three of them till I switched to a closed loop and added a large sponge to the overflow of my 60 cube. You say the plan is to keep a pink/green cucumber. I could be wrong but, what I read makes me think that their ability to move is very minimal. Sort of stumble stumble, crawl crawl.
wartooth1
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Originally Posted by GeoJ http:///t/391962/how-to-screen-powerheads#post_3478433
My experience has been with the Blue Velvet Nudibranch. I have lost two or three of them till I switched to a closed loop and added a large sponge to the overflow of my 60 cube. You say the plan is to keep a pink/green cucumber. I could be wrong but, what I read makes me think that their ability to move is very minimal. Sort of stumble stumble, crawl crawl.
Yeah from what I understand pink and greens will only wander the tank when they are new to the tank but once they find a spot they like they are quite happy staying there all the time. At one of the FLS by me they let me handle one... its actually quite firm to the touch. Mening, it felt soft at first but it could clench itself and become hard and rubbery to the touch...so actually I would only be worried if it decided to stick its feeder tentacles into a powerhead or something.
Originally Posted by GeoJ http:///t/391962/how-to-screen-powerheads#post_3478433
My experience has been with the Blue Velvet Nudibranch. I have lost two or three of them till I switched to a closed loop and added a large sponge to the overflow of my 60 cube. You say the plan is to keep a pink/green cucumber. I could be wrong but, what I read makes me think that their ability to move is very minimal. Sort of stumble stumble, crawl crawl.
Yeah from what I understand pink and greens will only wander the tank when they are new to the tank but once they find a spot they like they are quite happy staying there all the time. At one of the FLS by me they let me handle one... its actually quite firm to the touch. Mening, it felt soft at first but it could clench itself and become hard and rubbery to the touch...so actually I would only be worried if it decided to stick its feeder tentacles into a powerhead or something.
wartooth1
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Well after I got off work yesterday afternoon I screened the powerheads using the advise given and then went and got the cucumber. I put it on the lowest rock in the center of the tank and it climbed up to a higher rock and extended its feeding tentacles. Since my research on these cucumbers shows that these guys rarely wander on their own, I'm feeling confidant that if where it is now is its happy spot, it won't bother going near a powerhead anyway.
Is there a pic? Of course there is!
Is there a pic? Of course there is!
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