anemone @ the top - water change - arggg

Hi,

I need to do a water change in my 90 gallon tank and I don't have a sump.
The problem is that my anemone has made its way from the bottom of the
tank(under the halide) across the tank, wrapped itself around my large
leather than back across the tank, up my mountain of star polyps where it
sat for a few days under the sun(halide). Now its back across the tank, via
the back glass and is sitting right at the top, almost out of the water(been
there a few days and seems happy), odly enough not under the halide. If I
do a water change, it is going to end up being out of the water for a while
because of its location. How do I do the water change?

Aaron

you can move it and move it back, if it really likes the spot itll stay
there, the other alternative is to lower the water only a small amount,
doing many small waterchanges all at once, its not quite as effective
because you will get some of the new water each time you drain a little. but
ive done it in the past on other tanks, and had ok results. if you have
help you can syphon water out and pour water in at the same rate across the
tank it works also, you and your helper will need to be able to adjust the
input and output not really hard but more than just lifting or holding.

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AC wrote in message
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Hi,

I need to do a water change in my 90 gallon tank and I don't have a sump.
The problem is that my anemone has made its way from the bottom of the
tank(under the halide) across the tank, wrapped itself around my large
leather than back across the tank, up my mountain of star polyps where it
sat for a few days under the sun(halide). Now its back across the tank,
via
the back glass and is sitting right at the top, almost out of the
water(been
there a few days and seems happy), odly enough not under the halide. If I
do a water change, it is going to end up being out of the water for a
while
because of its location. How do I do the water change?

Aaron

"Marc Levenson" wrote in message ...
Use a decent pump, and pump out your old water. You should be able to pump out
10 or 20 gallons in mere minutes, and then use the same pump to send your new
water into the tank. The anemone can handle three or four minutes in the air.

Would you recommend the same for a sea cucumber staying at the top?
I am talking about yellow Colochirus robustus - for some reason it always
prefers the place at the water surface...

If this is the same guy, then yes.

http://www.justphish.com/sal****er/i...owcucumber.htm

If you are worried, move him and anything else deeper in the tank. I've seen snails and
such outside of the water looking around, and have had Xenia and anemones, as well as
leather corals and SPS in the air for a few minutes during a big water change. Never seems
to cause them any noticeable damage or stress.

The quicker the better, of course!

Marc


Pszemol wrote:

"Marc Levenson" wrote in message ...
Use a decent pump, and pump out your old water. You should be able to pump out
10 or 20 gallons in mere minutes, and then use the same pump to send your new
water into the tank. The anemone can handle three or four minutes in the air.

Would you recommend the same for a sea cucumber staying at the top?
I am talking about yellow Colochirus robustus - for some reason it always
prefers the place at the water surface...

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Could you give a list of examples for such critters from our reef tanks, Marco?
I understood before that reef stays under water all the time.

"Marco Qualizza" wrote in message ...
One small point: You have to remember that many of these creatures live
in intertidal zones, where either wave action or outgoing tide will
leave them exposed to air for an amount of time...

Worst case scenario, I'll find out
that I'm totally wrong. :-)


you may be about your list but your not about the reefs of the oceans being
exposed to air at times. the Great Barrier Reef of Australia has places
that at low tide will become completely out of the water and in the air
(watch the Discovery Channel sometimes, you would be amazed). the corals
(mostly SPS but not all) were said to form a slime that serves as a "sun
screen" and prevent them from drying out until the water rises back to a
point they are submerged, at which point the waves breaking on them washes
the slime layer away and the polyps re-extend.

kc

There are low tide zones where entire sections of acropora are exposed for hours in the sun. I've seen the pictures
several times, and find it amazing.

Marc


Pszemol wrote:

Could you give a list of examples for such critters from our reef tanks, Marco?
I understood before that reef stays under water all the time.

"Marco Qualizza" wrote in message ...
One small point: You have to remember that many of these creatures live
in intertidal zones, where either wave action or outgoing tide will
leave them exposed to air for an amount of time...

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"Marc Levenson" wrote in message ...
There are low tide zones where entire sections of acropora are exposed for hours in the sun.
I've seen the pictures several times, and find it amazing.

It would be cool to see that picture...

"Marco Qualizza" wrote in message ...
In article , says...
Could you give a list of examples for such critters from our reef tanks, Marco?
I understood before that reef stays under water all the time.

Actually, I think that I can. But you'll have to wait until tomorrow
(my references are all at home). Worst case scenario, I'll find out
that I'm totally wrong. :-)

Sure, I will wait ;-)