worst kinda news, went to big als got a maxi-mini carpet anenome, landed him well he was good for most of the day then this morning I find he has been nsucked up into my filter and died :( first lost in the tank and he was barely in there for 18 hours. any suggestions on how/why he decided to roam into my filter :( ???

Google around. There are hundreds of stories of anemone being sucked into power heads and filters. It is advised to put some screening or other protection around PH until they settle... even then they could release at anytime and decide to go for a float.

Ya I think roaming and got suckrd up. I guess ill have to make a guard up for the filers intake out of a pill bottle. Much like a snail guard for floats

The ones I saw at J and L were simple foam pieces tied around the intake with elastic bands.

Yah there is a filter pad made for my ac 30 but I dont know how I feel about it collecting so much garbage and sand particulate It will flux my flow in the tank. Perhaps I have too much flow for maxi-mini carpet anemones, my tank cycles 10 times an hour, avg about 265 gph... is this too much?

Take a aqua clear mini sponge, take the scissors and nip down the center of it just enough to slip it over the intake. Make sure the foam is length wise up so it covers the whole intake. Been using this for several things in my tanks for years works like a charm and has no effect on the flow or working of the filter at all.

Just take off and rinse once in a while. Very easy to do.

That's good to know. I had an extra down stem sitting around so I modded it and am going to test it out. On wednesday :) but thanks foe the idea on the mini foam. :)

Help!!! question!
 

So after my maxi-mini mis hap (r.i.p. Carl) My tank has since been rescaped filter cleaned out and bits moved around for more room. but I noticed my tongs though claiming stainless steelness have started to rust? if put into the tank will it kill my inverts?

I guess you didn't clean your tong with freshwater after using it in your tank :P

derp derp derp!!! i rinsed in tap but I guess not well enough! grrr so are these tongs done for now :(