Foxface and powerhead

craig7220 · 01-29-2007, 05:18 PM

I was walking past my 125 last nite, looked in and saw my foxface wrapped around the powerhead intake.. In a panic, I quickly pulled the plug on the powerhead... The foxface then just casually swam away with no ill effects. He has been eating fine, looking and acting healthy. Even this morning, when I fed him, he swam aggressively after the food, eating his fill.... The powerhead was a maxijet 1200. Guess my question is, has anyone else seen this type of behavior? He acted like he found a nice place to rest... I have seen sick fish get caught in a powerhead before and my first thought was he was ill.. He is not listless, doesn't have a problem swimming, no visible signs of disease and I"ve had him for quite some time.

Woodstock · 01-29-2007, 05:39 PM

Yikes... glad he was unharmed. Is the foxface small? I would place a presponge around the intake to prevent it from happening again.

prow · 01-29-2007, 05:44 PM

i think you just have a wierd fish

craig7220 · 01-29-2007, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodstock

Yikes... glad he was unharmed. Is the foxface small? I would place a presponge around the intake to prevent it from happening again.

Yep, I did that this afternoon.... he's about 4 inches..

BoomerD · 01-29-2007, 06:29 PM

This is why ALL powerheads/pumps in my tanks were protected like this:

Hagen Quick Filters (without the filter insert) make good powerhead screens...The larger one is easy to find, almost any LFS will carry them, but the small one is more difficult to obtain. With a bit of ingenuity, you can make them fit just about any pump/powerhead. I used them on Maxi-jets to Mag 7's...

mps9506 · 01-29-2007, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoomerD

This is why ALL powerheads/pumps in my tanks were protected like this:

Hagen Quick Filters (without the filter insert) make good powerhead screens...The larger one is easy to find, almost any LFS will carry them, but the small one is more difficult to obtain. With a bit of ingenuity, you can make them fit just about any pump/powerhead. I used them on Maxi-jets to Mag 7's...

you will be selling fluvals before you know it...

craig7220 · 01-29-2007, 07:48 PM

I had one of those on my powerhead.. Looked like the small one... That is what he was attached to.... I have since changed them out for foam .. only that will be one more thing to clean regularly so it doesn't build up nitrates.

kyle1284 · 01-29-2007, 08:20 PM

my foxface has done that before... he was next to my fuvual 305 intake and he seemed stuck... so i did the same thing you did i unpluged the filter and he just swam off... seemed more disturbed from sleeping more than anything really... every time i turn the lights on hes just hangin out in that same spot!

craig7220 · 01-31-2007, 06:49 PM

Well he hasn't done it since...Still looking and acting very healthy so I guess he was looking for a place to hang and figured he didn't need to move his fins to stay in the same place...

Snelly40 · 01-31-2007, 08:23 PM

mine will rest on near and all around the powerhead, and even stick to the glass sometime. I think he is ok

saltyfishtanks · 02-01-2007, 05:35 PM

i lost two tangs due to them grazeing near standard power head intakes
one was my favorite fish at the time i removed the powerheads from the reef and did not restock grazing fish until i purchased the seio pumps i am using now.

the Seio, VorTech, Tunze, and very affordable new Korila pumps, have a much more gentle intake and tons of flow.. its just a much better intake design!!!

glad your foxface is ok

unfortunately my vampire tang and hippo i had over a year did not escape the intake of the old school powerheads i was using:smck:

what was odd was i used these pumps for months and both fish bit the bullet in the same week

cheeks69 · 02-01-2007, 05:52 PM

I lost a CBB that used to sleep next to a Seio 1100 found him one morning plastered around the intake area, then I lost a beautiful Potter's Dwarf Angel to the same powerhead, he had severe damage to the dorsal and caudal fin and died the next day

rDr4g0n · 02-01-2007, 06:48 PM

this kinda makes me scared of my powerhead now.... its looking at me.. humming fiercly. i think its mocking me for my foolishness.

01-29-2007, 05:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
craig7220 Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 60 View Gallery Karma Komment	Foxface and powerhead I was walking past my 125 last nite, looked in and saw my foxface wrapped around the powerhead intake.. In a panic, I quickly pulled the plug on the powerhead... The foxface then just casually swam away with no ill effects. He has been eating fine, looking and acting healthy. Even this morning, when I fed him, he swam aggressively after the food, eating his fill.... The powerhead was a maxijet 1200. Guess my question is, has anyone else seen this type of behavior? He acted like he found a nice place to rest... I have seen sick fish get caught in a powerhead before and my first thought was he was ill.. He is not listless, doesn't have a problem swimming, no visible signs of disease and I"ve had him for quite some time.

01-29-2007, 05:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 24,157 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Foxface and powerhead Yikes... glad he was unharmed. Is the foxface small? I would place a presponge around the intake to prevent it from happening again. __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Victorious Battle with ICH* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

01-29-2007, 05:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
prow Tridacna maxima Join Date: May 2005 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Posts: 4,375 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Foxface and powerhead i think you just have a wierd fish

01-29-2007, 06:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,637 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Foxface and powerhead This is why ALL powerheads/pumps in my tanks were protected like this: Hagen Quick Filters (without the filter insert) make good powerhead screens...The larger one is easy to find, almost any LFS will carry them, but the small one is more difficult to obtain. With a bit of ingenuity, you can make them fit just about any pump/powerhead. I used them on Maxi-jets to Mag 7's... __________________ Intelligence is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where and how to find them! www.google.com

01-29-2007, 07:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
craig7220 Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 60 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Foxface and powerhead I had one of those on my powerhead.. Looked like the small one... That is what he was attached to.... I have since changed them out for foam .. only that will be one more thing to clean regularly so it doesn't build up nitrates.

01-29-2007, 08:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
kyle1284 Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Huntsville, TX Posts: 919 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Foxface and powerhead my foxface has done that before... he was next to my fuvual 305 intake and he seemed stuck... so i did the same thing you did i unpluged the filter and he just swam off... seemed more disturbed from sleeping more than anything really... every time i turn the lights on hes just hangin out in that same spot! __________________ KYLE 75 Gal 110 Lbs Live Rock 40 Lbs of live sand Equiptment:48 Inch 4x54 T-5 true blue and 10000k lights, 2 fuvual 305 Canister Filters Mis. Mushrooms, Fan Worms, hammer coral, frog spawn, candy cane, A TON OF TRUMPET CORAL!! orange plating monti, some kind of branching monti, pom pom xeina, all kinds of zoos BRIGHT GREEN star polyps, xeina, neon green toadstool, 3 damn damsles, a foxface and a blue tang. November 1...The begining! http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2.../random045.jpg November 8,2008 http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...ristina034.jpg My 75 GALLON BAR TOP REEF TANK! http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...n-bar-top.html

01-31-2007, 06:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
craig7220 Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 60 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Foxface and powerhead Well he hasn't done it since...Still looking and acting very healthy so I guess he was looking for a place to hang and figured he didn't need to move his fins to stay in the same place...

01-31-2007, 08:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
Snelly40 Manta Ray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3,043 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Foxface and powerhead mine will rest on near and all around the powerhead, and even stick to the glass sometime. I think he is ok __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society*

02-01-2007, 05:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
saltyfishtanks Sea Pen Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: upstate new york Posts: 308 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Foxface and powerhead i lost two tangs due to them grazeing near standard power head intakes one was my favorite fish at the time i removed the powerheads from the reef and did not restock grazing fish until i purchased the seio pumps i am using now. the Seio, VorTech, Tunze, and very affordable new Korila pumps, have a much more gentle intake and tons of flow.. its just a much better intake design!!! glad your foxface is ok unfortunately my vampire tang and hippo i had over a year did not escape the intake of the old school powerheads i was using:smck: what was odd was i used these pumps for months and both fish bit the bullet in the same week __________________ 48x24x24 120gallon, 2 seio 1500, 1200gph little giant return, 4 icecap t5 w/giesmann bulbs, aquamedic 500w heater/digital controller, sump/refuge is bioballs to chetomorpha to live rock with about 3-4 inches of crushed coral bottom

02-01-2007, 05:52 PM	#12 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 7,032 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Foxface and powerhead I lost a CBB that used to sleep next to a Seio 1100 found him one morning plastered around the intake area, then I lost a beautiful Potter's Dwarf Angel to the same powerhead, he had severe damage to the dorsal and caudal fin and died the next day __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

02-01-2007, 06:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
rDr4g0n Elegance coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south texas Posts: 1,169 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Foxface and powerhead this kinda makes me scared of my powerhead now.... its looking at me.. humming fiercly. i think its mocking me for my foolishness. __________________ I know there are quite a few typos in this post. It's not that I'm stupid... it's more like... I'm lazy. - John My 29 Gallon tank of AWESOME My DIY Projects: My $50, 150watt lighting • 10 gallon tall tank • Hood for my 10gal. tall my r0xx0r DIY protein skimmer • 2 cheap strip lights into 1 • Grow cyano!?

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