Anemone sucked into power head please help

[johnsamm7]

my anemone got sucked into my power head and was completely torn up not one piece of him was in the tank my tank water is just cloudy will this hurt my fish I'm planing on doing a water change to clear up the water any advice please

 

[BoneXriffic]

How big is the tank? The smaller the tank the larger the amonia can spime. Do several water changes, maybe a 50percenter to kick it off

 

[johnsamm7]

What to clean how to save my tank I have work in an hour

 

[johnsamm7]

30 gal nuvo fusion

 

[JMacedo]

Two things: Water change between 30% to 50% and renew GAC. Wait for the salt to dissolve completely and make sure Alk and temperature are the same as the water in the tank. It all depends on how big was the anemone and its kind.
Edit: Sorry... three and four.... skim wet and keep the water well oxygenated.

 

[Diesel]

Two things: Water change between 30% to 50% and renew GAC. Wait for the salt to dissolve completely and make sure Alk and temperature are the same as the water in the tank. It all depends on how big was the anemone and its kind.
Edit: Sorry... three and four.... skim wet and keep the water well oxygenated.

+1

 

[johnsamm7]

Just did a 10gal water change had to leave for work though didn't have time to change the filter socks or anything . Do I have to do water changes everyday after this or keep testing the water to make sure there's no ammonia then base it off that

 

[johnsamm7]

What's a gac?

 

[johnsamm7]

It was a bubble tip he was prob three inches diametrr

 

[johnsamm7]

Oh carbon

 

[WetWhistle]

10% is good tie over till you get home. Add some carbon and make up saltwater and get it to temp. Let it settle for a few hrs to stabilize. Then do a 30% to 50% water change. Wait a few days and you might have to do another small water change.

 

[JMacedo]

Just did a 10gal water change had to leave for work though didn't have time to change the filter socks or anything . Do I have to do water changes everyday after this or keep testing the water to make sure there's no ammonia then base it off that

You did good, you have to see how clear and smelly is the water before you decide to change more water, get a white container and compare the coloration of the water from the tank with new freshly made saltwater. IMHO things should be alright if you change 20% more. With modern salts you don´t need to wait hours, just wait about 30mins, if salt is totally dissolved and the mix is clear you can proceed. Always make sure salinity, temp and alk match the water parameters in the tank.

How are the inhabitants in the tank doing?

Keep skimming wet and change carbon in the next 24h. If you have flocculants like Zeovit Coral Snow, Zeovit Zeozym or Fauna Marin Coral Balance, dose one those products according to the manufacturer instructions.

Wish everything will be alright with no further losses. Keep us posted, please.

 

[johnsamm7]

Thanks a lot for the advice super frustrating I just need to slow down with things I think I'm movin to fast. The only other things I have in the tank is two vivid fancy clowns and 5 crabs and 2 snails. No other coral or anything just live sand and live rock. Ughhh

 

[johnsamm7]

They looked a little scared the clown fish the crabs gathered together and the snails were on the glass still water was cloudy before I left for work had to be in earlier today so it caught me off guard ran out of time. Sucks

 

[johnsamm7]

I don't have a skimmer either or carbon it's a newer tank I didn't get a chance to do upgrades yet

 

[WetWhistle]

Thanks a lot for the advice super frustrating I just need to slow down with things I think I'm movin to fast. The only other things I have in the tank is two vivid fancy clowns and 5 crabs and 2 snails. No other coral or anything just live sand and live rock. Ughhh

Fast and reef tanks don't mix. If you go slow and steady you will get the results that you want. To fast and it will cause a headache and raise your costs of livestock unnecessarily.

 

[Kungpaoshizi]

First I have to say, stop buying anything else until you educate yourself more. You just killed a creature that lives passed 100 years in most cases. They should never be added to a new tank. If it was only 3 inches, other stuff is probably fine, change water to be sure.

In the future, don't buy things on a whim. Read for at least a few weeks, everyday, before buying something. If you can't recreate their environment, don't buy it. If you "have to have it" setup another tank and realize you're going to have that much more work to do.

Sorry for your loss, but not really, it sounds like you knew nothing about the creature. The first thing you needed to do was get some covers made for your powerheads. Yes, covers are ugly, but they keep the critters safe and house filter feeders as time goes by.

 

[themcnertney]

small more frequent water changes over the course of a couple weeks should be fine.

 

[thomygirl]

First I have to say, stop buying anything else until you educate yourself more. You just killed a creature that lives passed 100 years in most cases. They should never be added to a new tank. If it was only 3 inches, other stuff is probably fine, change water to be sure.

In the future, don't buy things on a whim. Read for at least a few weeks, everyday, before buying something. If you can't recreate their environment, don't buy it. If you "have to have it" setup another tank and realize you're going to have that much more work to do.

Sorry for your loss, but not really, it sounds like you knew nothing about the creature. The first thing you needed to do was get some covers made for your powerheads. Yes, covers are ugly, but they keep the critters safe and house filter feeders as time goes by.

There's really no need to be mean and nasty. I'm sure they already feel bad. This hobby is a learning process and it doesn't all come from reading. Sure there are basic things everybody should know, do and have when starting into this hobby, but nobody is perfect. When you think you know everything there is to know, it's time to give it up, because you won't learn anything else... Just sayin.

 

[nex64]

I think the most important thing Kung is bringing to the topic is the idea of impulse buys.
Any uneducated or ill-informed hobbyist will inevitably encounter a seller that typically doesn't care about the hobbyists ability to sustain some of the creatures that they'll sell to him or her. Definitely a matter that should receive some awareness.