Does A Nano Reef Need A Protein Skimmer
October 25, 2007 · Print This Article
Nano reef aquariums are now very popular, because their size means they can be fitted almost anywhere in the home, and there are ready built systems that can be matched in to the home décor. Nano reef systems are small, meaning that they can be anything up to a net 50 gallons. Some are very small, only 10 gallons or so.
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this is a question!
I woke up this morning and my tank is cloudy and my atlantic anenome is gone. can they just desolve?
It would be a little unusual for an anemone to ‘just dissolve’. However, as I understand it an anemone is around 90% water so presumably it wouldn’t take much to make it disappear!
One of the tricks of anemones - or some of them anyway - is to go walkabout as they don’t like the position they’re in within the aquarium. It may be a lack of light, or a lack of or too much water current, or they don’t feel secure within the rocks. Sometimes they have been known to let go of the substrate in the hope of landing somewhere more to their liking. I have experienced the former but never the latter.
Trouble is, they can be drawn into the intakes of pumps and powerheads, where they are well and truly mashed. Could this have happened to yours, causing cloudy water I wonder? Hopefully your intakes are well protected.
You’ve probably already done it, but water tests - ammonia, nitrite and pH - should be done to ensure all is well. The cloudiness should clear. Any problems, a water change is suggested.
That is exactly what I was thinking.
I had a BTA once and unknown to me the intake of a powerhead had come off and the BTA ‘walked’ to near to it and unfortunately got sucked in. The water was a horrible milky colour and the skimmer was going into overtime.
Felt absolutely awful about that - taught me a lesson though.
As John says check your powerhead and check your water parameters.
Peter