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last night my nenny went for a walk and got killed by my pump:014:
i woke up this morning went to look at my tank and it was merky, i thounght the glass was just dirty so i cleaned it, it remained merky, i saw my clam and brain were not looking so great but could not see my nenny. i turned on the blue lights and saw that there were a few red tentalces from the nenny, and 3 or so larger pieces(his base).
i will be collecting +-250l of NSW today from durbz. my tank is +650l. how much water should be replaced? i was thinking about 75l every 3days until it clears up. what do you guys think???
 
The water chenges are very important here, put a large amount of GAC [carbon] into the filtration as well.
 
I would go 75L per day for the next few days, dont worry about the carbon reactor use a stocking or some thing and get carbon into the system ASAP. Your water is very toxic at the moment and you stand a chance of loosing everything.
 
I had the same situation a few years back,

Water change and carbon, get proper carbon not that cheap f/w carbon
 
shit dude.i had that experience before.water changes,carbon and heavy skimming
 
Hey gaz, how did things work out? Did you lose any livestock?
 
Well that's a relief.

Guess where I found my anemone when I got home this afternoon :(

Will post some pics later tonight.
 
dam dude crap to hear. dats da last time i try an anemone. they dont belong in a reef tank with all those powerheads, but rather a powerhead safe tank
 
Glad to see things worked out dude and things are well now

Viper, :pinch: bugger dude. not good hope u come right aswell.
thats y ive got no power heads in my tank as im keen on keeping a nennie or 2. dont feel like nennie soup in my tank
 
It's amazing how one day after I ask Gaz how his anemone soup tank is, the same thing happens to me, weird, although it's not as bad as Gaz's.
 
I agree with Gali (Don't do that often..hmm i like the sensation...it tickles..ok its gone now). We should try and limit the number of pumps inside out tanks to a minimum. Thats why i can't wait for the polario pumps to eventually make their way to our shores. The Vortex pumps are expensive.. anyone seen an alternative to the vortex?
 
The hydor koralia pumps are quite nice, not too expensive either. Look very similar to the vortech's.
 
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