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That looks great. What type of material did you use for the front portion and where did you purchase? I lost a Ruby Red Goby that swam in during an outage, and lost it when the power came back. Wish this was included by EcoTech.
Just thinking out loud here, sorry if you've already thought of it.
The only way that the anemone would be sucked into the front of the PH is if that was the water's path of least resistance to get to the propeller. My thought is to seal off the front, at least more so than the sides, with solid plastic or mesh with smaller/less holes. This way the water is drawn into the pump through the cage that you wrap the pump with.
Also you mention that aesthetics isn't a concern, so why not make the cage around the sides a larger diameter? This way there will be more surface area with holes to allow water to flow into the pump and it would have less suction to pull a wandering anemone inside. On second thought, this last part might not be possible with the amount of flow these pumps produce and the size of the mesh.
What if you made a channel to the pump out of acrylic like a flat rectangle with an inlet that is caged and hidden behind/under rocks? You could then cover the acrylic with with frag racks or glue rocks to it like a mini rock wall. This would make a type of closed loop without having to drill the tank. The inlet could be have a much larger surface area to lessen the possibility of dragging the anenome into it.
Am I making sense or does it just sound good in my head? lol
I don't know if any of this would help but I thought I would try. Best of luck! :bolt:
Is there a thread on tektites design?
I think it's important to leave a void space between the mesh and the pump so that the suction is reduced to the point of no harm for an anemone. Here's what I mean as with this 3D printed one I purchased: