A horrible, horrible end to my day - Nemo was gone...

[andsoitgoes]

Hmm - good point Chin. It's just odd that he was so active, healthy and eating perfectly, with no real "enemies" in the tank and this happened so suddenly. My concern with the powerhead is that there are a few broken teeth on the bottom, and with the Zoo-Med the impeller is RIGHT behind the intake.

Also - the powerhead was fairly close to the bottom of the tank, which would be right in a tough place to escape from - but alas, it is done. I was planning on swapping that out at some point anyway, it's just sooner rather than later - I feel better with dual 301s + hydor anyway.

[mixixe]

Awe sorry to hear that. It must have been really heart breaking. Nemo's are so cute! Are you getting another one? Maybe try for a local breeder.

[andsoitgoes]

Words can't describe it

And yeah - I'm going to look for someone local. Hoping I can find direction on the boards here - wouldn't mind a pair, either

[Scavenger]

I feel sorry for your loss, but I did want to make sure your powerheads have the intake guards on them? I've lost a fish to a guardless pump once and had a fatality that floated up and stuck to a guard, but never one right inside a intake guarded pump if I read your post correctly.

[andsoitgoes]

I do on all the other pumps I have. The intake on the Zoo-Med was broken in a few spots, big enough to pull obviously two fish into it - the first was a small (VERY small) goby in my nano, which is why I took it out there. And now this...

But yeah - he got sucked right up and in - was stuck deeply in between the impeller and the mechanism that causes the zoo-med to "sweep"

[vanreefer]

I agree with Chin... a healthy fish will never get sucked into a powerhead...OA has captive bread clowns... in fact I believe that most of the clownfish we see in stores are captive bread as they are quite easy to breed compared to other marine fish

Sorry for your loss... I think we have all been ther at some point or another

Regards
Dan

[andsoitgoes]

hmm - good to know. I just checked their site and there's a lot of options.

I guess my only questions now are to find out if I want to attempt with a False and see if they'll host in my Anemone or aim for Clark's or other type that natrually hosts there...

Not sure what to do - thoughts?