Anemone & Wavemaker

[Jon.theReefer]

What wavemakers do you suggest that are safe for anemones?

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

What wavemakers do you suggest that are safe for anemones?

There are some current USA pumps that have pre-filters. Keeping rock away from your glass helps keep the anemones off the glass and away from pumps, but this doesn't work for all types of anemones

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Pretty much every wave maker has the ability to be modified to make it safer for your anenomes.

I use this product readily available on Amazon.

Works for flat and cone shaped as well as gyre pumps. I used 4 lb fishing line to secure it to the pumps.

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

I've DIY'd some guards by cutting up some old nets and using cable ties to mount them on the pumps. My BTA's stay on their rocks so I don't use any guards anymore. We'll find out eventually whether this was a wise move or not haha

 

[Dolphins18]

I have not used guards in 10 years or so, healthy anemones will survive and be able to move away from most powerheads.
Easy inexpensive way is a rubberband and some filter floss around the powerhead, once the nem settles it should be fine to remove.

 

[MediocreAtEverything]

I just lost my anemone to my gyre pump with mesh covers. It didn't make it 12 hours. It wouldn't attach to anything. I turned the pumps off for hours and thought it had settled and then restarted the pumps on minimum. Woke up to a hundred bright tentacles all over my sand bed and pile of goo in the pump.

 

[Jon.theReefer]

I just lost my anemone to my gyre pump with mesh covers. It didn't make it 12 hours. It wouldn't attach to anything. I turned the pumps off for hours and thought it had settled and then restarted the pumps on minimum. Woke up to a hundred bright tentacles all over my sand bed and pile of goo in the pump.

omg that's traumatic