Yesterday I purchased a beatiful big and healthy rainbow BTA. Got it in the tank and it was looking great. Right before bed it started walking so I stayed up a while to make sure it was safe. It seemed to settle for a while so I called it a night.... but I totally forgot to turn my power heads off. So yes, you guessed it, my beautiful big rainbow BTA got sucked up into my the only power head that stays on 24/7 (behind the rocks to clear detritus). Woke up to a cloudy tank and the nem basically destroyed into the power head. I tried to remove him but he’s really tangled in there so right now I have the power head off just sittin gin the tank with the return pump running and that’s it. I’m reheating aged water I have on hand for a ~25% water change and prepping for another.
Is there anything else I can do at this point? I’m scared to move the nem into a QT tank because it is acclimated to my main tank’s water and in such a fragile state I’m worried it won’t make the transition.
The foot is still completely in tact and I can see some of its tentacles kind of wrapped around the enclosure for the power head so I think I have a chance here at saving it.
Fish are unaffected and the corals seem ok, but the light hasn’t come on yet.
I have the skimmer running wet and will change out for fresh carbon now.
Feel free to call me an idiot.
Is there anything else I can do at this point? I’m scared to move the nem into a QT tank because it is acclimated to my main tank’s water and in such a fragile state I’m worried it won’t make the transition.
The foot is still completely in tact and I can see some of its tentacles kind of wrapped around the enclosure for the power head so I think I have a chance here at saving it.
Fish are unaffected and the corals seem ok, but the light hasn’t come on yet.
I have the skimmer running wet and will change out for fresh carbon now.
Feel free to call me an idiot.