Yellow tang and Nero 5

[IamJoHo]

I put a small yellow tang in my tank on Thursday. I unplugged my Nero 5 for 48 hours. The tang has been doing great until a few minutes ago I was cleaning the glass and noticed he was stuck to the back of the pump. I quickly got him off. He immediately started swimming but half his fin is gone and his eye is damaged. Has anyone had a successful recovery after this kind of trauma?

 

[SliceGolfer]

Travis @FishOfHex had this same scenario in one of his videos on YouTube in the past week or so. May not be uncommon.

 

[Houstoner]

Ahh poor guy that's terrifying! It's because of these horror stories I don't use them in my display, I use the Nero 5 in the sump.

 

[IamJoHo]

I think it's actually common with the Nero. I 3d printed one guard but it didnt come out how I hoped. Gonna have to try another.

Anyone had any luck with their fish surviving after something like this.

 

[Zoaologist]

I had a gem tang do the same thing and he didn’t make it past a week.

 

[SeaDweller]

Should be fine

 

[Waynerock]

I put a small yellow tang in my tank on Thursday. I unplugged my Nero 5 for 48 hours. The tang has been doing great until a few minutes ago I was cleaning the glass and noticed he was stuck to the back of the pump. I quickly got him off. He immediately started swimming but half his fin is gone and his eye is damaged. Has anyone had a successful recovery after this kind of trauma?

Go buy a 3D printed guard. Someone suggested Travis at fish of hex, he’s makes and sells them. I have 2 nero’s and a YT and has not been a problem. The fire fish I had not so much

 

[Reef AquaCult]

Nero 5 is a terrible design for any small fish. Very sorry about the fish! Will have to wait and see how he does. The eye may be blind from the trauma.

 

[IamJoHo]

Go buy a 3D printed guard. Someone suggested Travis at fish of hex, he’s makes and sells them. I have 2 nero’s and a YT and has not been a problem. The fire fish I had not so much

I printed one today that I got off of thingaverse. Not impressed with the design. I'm going to spend the time and design a nice one and maybe start selling them. Most that I see are kinda crappy looking.

 

[Jesterrace]

Nero 5 is a terrible design for any small fish. Very sorry about the fish! Will have to wait and see how he does. The eye may be blind from the trauma.

Agreed. I like AI products but the amount of horror stories I have seen with fish and the new Nero 5 makes me never want to own one. Seems like a very poor design. AI can definitely do better for the money charged. I can't believe that the same company makes the Vortechs.

 

[FishOfHex]

Here is a link to my Nero 5 guard. Sold about 400 so far with zero issues, someone did mention maybe making the cord gap longer to allow more rotation when adjusting the powerhead. Not something worth changing for 99% of the reefers needing them.
https://fishofhex.com/collections/n...vers/products/nem-fish-protection-pump-covers