A Sad Find this Morning

Cory, when you pick up the nem from Russ, come on over and bring it to me. While you're here, I'll teach you how to keep one alive.........


Sarcasm, and lots of it...... All amongst good friends... I'll even throw in more salt for ya!
 
haha. if i aint got to work this weekend i may try to do this saturday. but i'll kno more tomorrow
 
Well, its been over 24 hours and the nem is almost out of the power head.. its looking nasty and mite not survive.. The tunze did a number on it
 
If you don't believe it will pull through, it may be best to dispose of it to prevent it from causing death to other corals/fish.
 
I only say that hoping to be wrong in the next few weeks. its mangled.. I'm still surprised its alive being in the power head for that long before I woke up. Maybe it will be ok maybe it won't. I figure it was dead when I found it yesterday but it was still squirming.
 
Just a quick update:

I just got home from class to find the nem has disappeared off the powerhead. It has relocated itself to a quiet little spot in the return spout (lack of a better term) and it fully attached to the rock.. plus to even try to remove him would mean removing a huge piece i rather not do... Is this a good or should I try to persuade him to detatch from the rock to be put in a lil container. Thanks guys.

And that powerhead that caused all this head ache is off for the time being. Currently have a mag7 for return and a MJ1200 on the opposite side providing flow also.
 
As a matter of fact. I was playing with a buddy in Oregon on SpecOps... we played... for about 4 hours... didn't beat one mission... but heck, learned a few things lol

which after work, i will be on, hopefully.
 
Do you have a sponge on the MJ? They can be just as nasty to a nem as a Tunze. Two choices with nems.....Cover all powerheads with sponges.....or wait for a nem to get snagged in one. If the nem stays put, you might be ok without sponges for a long time...but like you found out...one morning wake up to a mess.
 
JeffH;504814 wrote: Do you have a sponge on the MJ? They can be just as nasty to a nem as a Tunze.
It has a type of grating on it, like a strainer.

JeffH;504814 wrote: Two choices with nems.....Cover all powerheads with sponges.....or wait for a nem to get snagged in one. If the nem stays put, you might be ok without sponges for a long time...but like you found out...one morning wake up to a mess.

Yea, don't remind me bout that...


But the ultimate plan is to go to one powerhead (mp40) with the sponge cover... this way i get more unique flow and more flow overall with one powerhead.. and its easier to watch one over two powerheads.. besides.. i really want it.. just dont have $420 plus tax.... tags and title lol
 
The MJ will probably be ok, but I've had a RBTA get through the strainer and get blendered...the damage was much worse then what a Tunze is capable of. The suction power on the MJ is much higher then a Tunze..even with it moving less water.
 
I bet, actually with the one MJ still goin there is still a good amount of flow.. grant it, its straight rather that the Tunze which is sort of random.

The way the nem was looking before i left for the day was.. a quarter was take out of it. and it was all deflated and nasty looking.. hope it makes it though..
 
Nems are pretty tough as long as the water conditions stay good. I wouldn't try to feed it until the mouth heals and reforms though.
 
and how long does that usually take? just did a water change the day of the "accident"
 
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