DIY Anemone Guards

[Erink]

I bought a finely netted sleeve bag about 6 inches long and the width of my wave pump. I cut it in half and put the drawstring entrance over the front. I pulled the rest down over the pump and attached with an elastic. With the drawstring you can open or close it however you want. Its easy to clean too...I'm sure over the long run it'll wear out but a bag is less than $4... works great, I haven't had any problems

 

[Erink]

AND it doesn't affect the flow because the front is open

 

[ChgoGoodGirl]

Big thanks @Reefahholic! I used your DIY design for eflux nem guards and so far so good.

 

[Reefahholic]

Glad they worked for you. With 3D printing now available I’m sure we could do so much better these days. At that time, there weren’t many options available. Now I’ve found that if you keep your parameters stable (like acropora stable) they rarely walk. The problem I was having then was depleted phosphate & nitrate. Once I started dosing it, they stayed put.

 

[Andy Bliss]

Just a thought but what about wrapping the wave maker in a number of plastic bags in a crumpled up manor to increase its diameter and create a random shape and then mix some fibreglass resin with cement, wrap the prepared wave maker with cloth and saturate with resin.
Once hardened it could be drilled for supply to the wave maker and cut for the flow - one rock shaped/coloured shield?

opinions?

 

[Lovefish77]

I am struggling with that issue as well. I have used diy guards made of gutter guard but a nem just got sucked into one last week.
I think I might try the ready made options.