Powerhead turned off for the night?

[Sharkbait19]

Hi,
I bought a tiny bubble tip anemone today for my 40B. It’s my very first anemone, so I’m extremely paranoid about it moving overnight into my powerhead. I decided to turn it off, and tomorrow morning I’ll either buy or 3D-print a nem guard. Will it be okay for the corals to have no flow for one night? I left my HOB filter on, but just don’t want to chance the possibility of the nem getting sucked into the wavemaker.

 

[tdyrkacz]

I would say no. Lack of flow... surface agitation and oxygenation can kill your corals

 

[Codfish]

I have a few anemones and I’ve left the flow off overnight, however they are not bubble-tip anemone and they are VERY hardy. I don’t know if bubble-tips are the same.

 

[Codfish]

Hi,
I bought a tiny bubble tip anemone today for my 40B. It’s my very first anemone, so I’m extremely paranoid about it moving overnight into my powerhead. I decided to turn it off, and tomorrow morning I’ll either buy or 3D-print a nem guard. Will it be okay for the corals to have no flow for one night? I left my HOB filter on, but just don’t want to chance the possibility of the nem getting sucked into the wavemaker.

Oh I didn’t even see the coral part my b

 

[DavidsAquariums]

Hi,
I bought a tiny bubble tip anemone today for my 40B. It’s my very first anemone, so I’m extremely paranoid about it moving overnight into my powerhead. I decided to turn it off, and tomorrow morning I’ll either buy or 3D-print a nem guard. Will it be okay for the corals to have no flow for one night? I left my HOB filter on, but just don’t want to chance the possibility of the nem getting sucked into the wavemaker.

Definitely will be fine hope he settles soon for ya!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Ok I’ll leave it on and hope the nem doesn’t float around

 

[DavidsAquariums]

Ok I’ll leave it on and hope the nem doesn’t float around

I meant It would be fine to turn it off for the night until you can wrap the powerhead,I personally would keep it off just to be safe,Everything else will he fine

 

[Sharkbait19]

I meant It would be fine to turn it off for the night until you can wrap the powerhead,I personally would keep it off just to be safe,Everything else will he fine

Ok, thanks! My bad, lol!
I actually managed to use an old fish breeder net I found and I made a temporary cage around the nem for the time being.

 

[Koh23]

If you have other types of circulation, from return pump or similar, then sure, you can turn off one pump, but if this is only mean of circulation, dont do it.....

Reducing flow during the night is probably ok, but not necessary

 

[Andresnyc93]

You can also get a mesh screen too and cover the power head with it. It’s worked for me in the past and doesn’t give you a surprise anemone smoothie

 

[rmorris_14]

I’ve seen people recommend wrapping the powerhead in panty hose until they could get something more permanent. My only concern with that would be any chemicals that might be in the panty hose and I would wash it before use. Just an idea.

 

[natecon40]

Hi,
I bought a tiny bubble tip anemone today for my 40B. It’s my very first anemone, so I’m extremely paranoid about it moving overnight into my powerhead. I decided to turn it off, and tomorrow morning I’ll either buy or 3D-print a nem guard. Will it be okay for the corals to have no flow for one night? I left my HOB filter on, but just don’t want to chance the possibility of the nem getting sucked into the wavemaker.

Fish may have problems with less oxygen