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06-12-2006

Posted by Bryan on June 12, 2006, 1:22 am

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Any of you had livestock sucked into your powerhead? I've read about it a
bit and am looking to be proactive.

Any ideas on what I could buy or make to surround the powerhead to prevent
accidents? I have a small Rio800 btw.

Thanks,
B

Posted by Wayne Sallee on June 12, 2006, 11:39 am

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Use a heagen powerhead prefilter.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets
Wayne@WaynesPets.com

Bryan wrote on 6/12/2006 1:22 AM:

> Any of you had livestock sucked into your powerhead? I've read about it a
> bit and am looking to be proactive.
>
> Any ideas on what I could buy or make to surround the powerhead to prevent
> accidents? I have a small Rio800 btw.
>
> Thanks,
> B
>
>

Posted by Steve on June 12, 2006, 11:56 am

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wrote:

>Any of you had livestock sucked into your powerhead? I've read about it a
>bit and am looking to be proactive.

I had a powerhead in the new tank which I left in there after I bought
the first anemone for it. Big mistake. He was badly damaged and
died, I'd forgotten how common that problem is...

Steve

Posted by Wayne Sallee on June 12, 2006, 11:55 am

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I quit using powerheads many years ago for this reason. I
like to use one big pump to run the whole system including
the protein skimmer.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets
Wayne@WaynesPets.com

Steve wrote on 6/12/2006 11:56 AM:

> wrote:
>

>> Any of you had livestock sucked into your powerhead? I've read about it a
>> bit and am looking to be proactive.

>
> I had a powerhead in the new tank which I left in there after I bought
> the first anemone for it. Big mistake. He was badly damaged and
> died, I'd forgotten how common that problem is...
>
> Steve

Posted by Steve on June 12, 2006, 6:29 pm

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wrote:

>I quit using powerheads many years ago for this reason. I
>like to use one big pump to run the whole system including
>the protein skimmer.

I hear what you say, and it's what I used to do on my larger previous
tanks. This is a 15 gal nano with no sump, which is a new area for
me. Hard to get decent water movement without a little powerhead in
there, you can't really fit the sort of Eheim I'm used to using in
there I'm finding. An airstone behind the reef does quite a bit, but
not perhaps enough for acropora etc that likes movement. The small
tank has presented some interesting new challenges.

Steve

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