what kind of live stock have you lost do to power heads?

[sweetreef]

so far i have lost a cow fish and about five snails just lost another snail today:nope: I even have a cover on it..

 

[jam marine]

thank god nothing yet,just last week mine fell down when i was at work,came home to a complete white tank,luckily nothing was lost,it was quite frightening at first,until i realised it was the power heasd down in the sand:scared:

 

[small time]

lost 2 fish one was a flame angel. i also lost some of the tissue off a montipora when the power head maxi 1200 fell on top of it

 

[benter]

I had a Bursa trigger chase some shrimp into one ..He was thanking god I came back and checked on them right after feeding them ..He had a nice red ring around his nose for a day and had some rather puffy lips for awhile , but he is o.k. ..doesn't get too close to the powerheads anymore though!!

 

[reefnut]

A covered powerhead will NOT kill a healthy fish... most likely he died and floated to the powerhead.

 

[southcoral]

do you have to have a power head? could you not buy a air pump and air stones, like in fresh water tank(i've been doing fresh water for three years and decided to try my hand at salt water) thanks a bunch love ya

 

[robchuck]

I've lost a Cowfish and two blennies to powerheads.
southcoral,
To answer your question about airstones, you could use one, but the bubbles from the airstone are unsightly (in my opinion) and will pop when they reach the surface, spraying salt everywhere.

 

[southcoral]

so how does a power head work exactly? if it doesn't put bubbles out then how does it get oxygen inside the tank? sorry, like i've said i've never had a salt water tank before so i've never seen one. And, how is it killing fish?? thanks a bunch love ya

 

[blazehok68]

ive lost a couple of turbo snails. sucked the suckers right out of there shells

 

[spsfreak100]

I have lost several hermit crabs to and a small Randalls goby to an uncovered powerhead. I have also lost an Emporer Angelfish as well as a red sea Regal angelfish to the strainer on the Amp Master3000. It's definitely a hard lesson to learn.
Graham

 

[benter]

Lost my hydatina zonata that I just got the other day(paper bubble shell snail), Even with the covers on..Sucked him right through the little holes..All I have now is a paper bubble shell

 

[barry cuda]

Originally posted by southcoral
so how does a power head work exactly? if it doesn't put bubbles out then how does it get oxygen inside the tank? sorry, like i've said i've never had a salt water tank before so i've never seen one. And, how is it killing fish?? thanks a bunch love ya
They don't directly oxygenate the tank. They are, however, often used to create turbulence at the surface, which increases gas exchange.
The "killing fish" seems doubtful to me. I agree with ReefNut that dead or sick fish probably floated to the powerhead intake. The only time I've ever had a fish wind up on a powerhead was a foxface that was already declining, due to other factors.
I *have* had powerheads kill lettuce slugs, which is one reason I won't buy them any more. They're beautiful little animals, but completely unable to keep themselves out of powerheads, overflows and other hazards of the aquarium.

 

[benter]

I know the bursa trigger as mentioned previously was fine and still is today..and I can't imagine how he could have lived much longer with his nose stuck in the powerhead..So IMO I would say fish can definitely make stupid mistakes, just as humans do..

 

[minitrucke]

I lost a rather nice sized angler to a powerhead. Had the fish less than 24 hours

 

[wrassecal]

In 4 years I've had a screen fall off twice. First time I lost my manderin that I'd had for 2 years. So sad. Recently, I lost a green bta, sad and it really screwed up my tank.

 

[durabane]

I use a powerhead sponge filter cover for my powersweeps. It keeps fish out of them and will fit most powerheads. also it makes a nice catch area for overfeed where snails and cleaner shrimp can get it later. The only drawback i have found is they have the tendacy to get a little brown if snails have missed them fro a few days which doesnt happen much.
I have 2 psweep 228's they work really well. lots of water flow and nothing gets past the sponge covers

 

[bglegs]

I lost a linckia just before i got home from work.I was going to put on the ph filter covers that day...