babies can easily fit through the slits, need the sponge all your inlets.
Shrimps can be tough too!
So during my weekly water change when the tank was being drained slowly, I opened up my canister in the bathroom and cleaned it tray by tray.
Got a surprise when I lifted up the last tray and saw my missing shrimps happily at the bottom!
4 one inch+ Amanis, 1 inch long ghost and 3 cherry red juveniles!
Must have gotten sucked in when the damned skimmer was stuck to the body and below water level. Don't see how the Amanos and ghost could have gotten sucked in through the tiny slits below.
Bump: I've now removed the floating skimmer and replaced it with a foam media from one of my internal filters. Configured the device to concentrate flow from the top just in case any of the reds get sucked in through the slits.
Got a surprise when I lifted up the last tray and saw my missing shrimps happily at the bottom!
4 one inch+ Amanis, 1 inch long ghost and 3 cherry red juveniles!
Must have gotten sucked in when the damned skimmer was stuck to the body and below water level. Don't see how the Amanos and ghost could have gotten sucked in through the tiny slits below.
Bump: I've now removed the floating skimmer and replaced it with a foam media from one of my internal filters. Configured the device to concentrate flow from the top just in case any of the reds get sucked in through the slits.
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There's several shrimp-safe sleeves you can put on your inlets (IIRC there's stainless steel and i personally use sponges).
Shrimps like to crawl into filters because there's a lot of food for them in there.
Shrimps like to crawl into filters because there's a lot of food for them in there.
Panty hose works good too over the intake tube.
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The problem with using something so fine is that it almost totally negates the use of the canister filter's filter media and I might as well just use wavemakers for flow.Panty hose works good too over the intake tube.
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+1 I use a relatively coarse sponge. Also, with something so fine you have to clean it out quite oftenThe problem with using something so fine is that it almost totally negates the use of the canister filter's filter media and I might as well just use wavemakers for flow.
Bump:
+1 I use a relatively coarse sponge. Also, with something so fine you have to clean it out quite oftenThe problem with using something so fine is that it almost totally negates the use of the canister filter's filter media and I might as well just use wavemakers for flow.
Lucky shrimp!
I use a sun sun 303b canister on my 38Gal. I used to use Two Marineland HOB Penguin filters (a 200 and a 150) with both types i use a very fine mesh, not sure where it came from but I found it in my mother/sisters sewing supplies... these are my observations:
The HOB's couldn't push all the detritus through, I had to clean them all the time, but some did make it to the filter as I still had to clean the pads.
The SunSun will get tiny bits on it then suck it up after a little, it is a much much stronger filter so that doesn't really surprise me.
All that said:
I plan on switching to sponges when I next service the filter as I think they would be less noticeable. The white mesh I am currently using sticks out like a sore thumb. I think a black sponge would be perfect. (I think fluval makes a black sponge material...)
I use a sun sun 303b canister on my 38Gal. I used to use Two Marineland HOB Penguin filters (a 200 and a 150) with both types i use a very fine mesh, not sure where it came from but I found it in my mother/sisters sewing supplies... these are my observations:
The HOB's couldn't push all the detritus through, I had to clean them all the time, but some did make it to the filter as I still had to clean the pads.
The SunSun will get tiny bits on it then suck it up after a little, it is a much much stronger filter so that doesn't really surprise me.
All that said:
I plan on switching to sponges when I next service the filter as I think they would be less noticeable. The white mesh I am currently using sticks out like a sore thumb. I think a black sponge would be perfect. (I think fluval makes a black sponge material...)
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