Main Menu
| |
Get on the Map!
| |
Forum Menu
| | 
03-25-2008, 10:57 AM
|
#1 (permalink)
| | Banned
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rocklin
Posts: 907
|  tear!!! sadness!
i woke up this morning and saw my 2inch 4 stripped damsel completely dead and stuck to a power head!!, i dont want this to happen to my other fish!!!
i only have 3 powerheads in my 55 gallon reef, and there small 2, one is a rio 800, a rio 200 (which he was stuck in) and a rio 50. | 
|  | | Reef Links |  | |
03-25-2008, 11:14 AM
|
#2 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
Posts: 4,498
 
|
Sorry for your loss. This is one of the reasons why I dont like PH in the DT. _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
| | |
03-25-2008, 11:19 AM
|
#3 (permalink)
| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
Posts: 887
  |
Sorry to here !!!
we have had alot of people having this problem latley with all sorts of different P/Hs its just one of thoes things were their good until their bad!!
sorry for your loss _________ 
55gl skimmerless, 80lbs live rock, DIY wavemaker running 3x MJ1200 with hydor deflector.
2 DIY fluidized reactors Carbon & ROWAphos
LIghts- 2x 50/50 atinics T10's , 2x life gro T10's ,
1x20,000K T12, 1x6,000K T10.
Fish-3
Coral-13. | |
| | |
03-25-2008, 01:55 PM
|
#4 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 3,346
Karma: 4672
 
|
Sorry for your loss!!! | |
| | |
03-25-2008, 01:59 PM
|
#5 (permalink)
| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
Posts: 2,122
|
Sorry for your loss  _________  | |
| | |
03-25-2008, 02:11 PM
|
#6 (permalink)
| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Age: 42
Posts: 1,213
 
|
That sucks. Maybe time to explore PH modifications. The Tunze Turbelle Stream, the Hydor Koralia and the Vortech Propeller Pump are three units that by design, are very much fish safe.
Look into what the difference is B/W what you use, and the designs of these three above, and you're bound to never have this issue again.
_________
90G display tank. Kent Phos Reactor running carbon and ROWAPhos, Coralife 225 Skimmer, Typhoon 5 Stage RO/DI, 20 Gal Sump/Refugium with Chaeto/Caulerpa lit opposite daylight cycle. Coralife 2x150MH, 14K + 2x96W PC Actinics, Ecotech Vortech propeller pump, Hydor Koralia #2. | |
| | |
03-25-2008, 02:20 PM
|
#7 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator |
I would think a healthy fish could avoid being sucked to a power head intake.
Could there be other factors that caused it's death.
How old is the tank? What are your Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate levels?
J | |
| | |
03-25-2008, 07:56 PM
|
#8 (permalink)
| | Banned
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rocklin
Posts: 907
|
ok um ammonia is 0 nitrites are at 0 and nitrates are at 10, everything is good, um 5 weeks old is the tank, but i bought it already established and kept 60% of the water and everything was fine, but i noticed he wasnt eating as much the two days b4 he dided and developed like a black looking spot that covered like a quater size on his body, and he was about 2-3 inches, i put my inger by the strongest power head and didnt barley feel a suction and he was caught in a less strong power head, do you think he had a deaese? | |
| | |
03-25-2008, 08:02 PM
|
#9 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
Posts: 4,498
|
could be, I guess we'll never know for sure. | |
| | | Reef Links |  | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:40 PM. |
