Anemone sucked into power head please help

[johnsamm7]

Yea thanks sucks definitely a huge learning curve and eye opener Ima slow it down a lot take my time and hopefully have a nice stable reef eventually

 

[Kungpaoshizi]

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.

Though much info does not come from reading, a lot does. It's how humans work, scribbling data down for centuries. Anemone's being sucked into powerheads, ya, that's been talked about.

One of the hardest things in the hobby is the complete disconnect between the "sales attitude" of the LFS and the "realistic attitude" of the reefers on the forums. I don't want to say in every scenario people 'get duped' but I believe that's the basis for many impulse buys as nex was saying.

One thing I think the hobby lacks is a stern talking about reality in the face of deaths in our tanks. It's an aspect I wish was brought up more often versus "ooooooh I'm sorry for your loss!"
That teaches nothing. (especially if there's an absence of written word)

 

[johnsamm7]

Yea well no sympathy needed stuff happens and it did just wanted to know how to fix and and move on with the tank being okay so I can proceed . Thanks everyone for the info

 

[johnsamm7]

So tested my water today again ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 ph 8.0.
Do I still have to continue doing water changes the first one I did was a 30% I cleaned the power head and swapped it with my other one swapped my filter socks cleaned the pump and tubes out. Just to be safe do some more water changes?

 

[JMacedo]

So tested my water today again ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 ph 8.0.
Do I still have to continue doing water changes the first one I did was a 30% I cleaned the power head and swapped it with my other one swapped my filter socks cleaned the pump and tubes out. Just to be safe do some more water changes?

IMO, there is no need of more water changes and you can go back for the routine and usual water changes.

We all make mistakes, there is always a positive and a negative side to this hobby. I know people that had accidents with anemones in the past and nowadays they can frag them or having them split having now a very positive contribution to the hobby. Who knows if in a few years time you won´t follow the same path?

As you said, "...definitely a huge learning curve and eye opener...", please take no offense, I would suggest the reading of an old school book "The Reef Aquarium, Science, Art, and Technology" written by J. Charles Delbeek and Julian Sprung. IMHO is still more useful than some of the contradictory information and opinions of many of us giving online advice.

 

[johnsamm7]

Okay thank you for ur help will deff look into it

 

[WetWhistle]

Yea thanks sucks definitely a huge learning curve and eye opener Ima slow it down a lot take my time and hopefully have a nice stable reef eventually

Slowing down and taking your time is well worth it. Time is one of the top important things that create a mature reef. If you take your time and move slow your tank will reward you. Good you learned from this incident, that is the important part of learning.

 

[WetWhistle]

They are great authors and you will get lots of information from anything they write. I have the set of the reef aquarium by J. Charles Delbeek and Julian Sprung and it is a great source of information.