Bristlenoses
Large Bristlenose
 Number of posts: 488
Age: 46
Location: Mansfield,Nottinghamshire,East Midlands U.K
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Registration date: 2011-08-26
 | | Subject: Do i need to cover internal filters? Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:12 am | |
| Hi,do I need to cover my internal filters with anything before my babies come out of the spawning cave? I have 2 fluval u2's and a large stingray filter. |
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Doug
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Age: 26
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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Registration date: 2010-05-08
| | Subject: Re: Do i need to cover internal filters? Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:10 am | |
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Juvinile Bristlenose
Number of posts: 62
Age: 16
Location: Melbourne
Job/hobbies: TKD and catfish?
Thank You Points: 1
Registration date: 2011-06-08
| | Subject: Re: Do i need to cover internal filters? Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:16 am | |
| I used a filter media sponge thing on my intake pipe and it blocked the water intake after a couple of weeks. |
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june
Large Bristlenose
Number of posts: 272
Age: 111
Location: Northamptonshire
Job/hobbies: Anything to help greyhound rescue, BNs, painting, veg growing
Humor: real life situations
Thank You Points: 19
Registration date: 2010-07-16
| | Subject: Re: Do i need to cover internal filters? Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:08 am | |
| After a lot of trying different filters and types of covers I found that the babies can cope with the filters if they're not on high power. Covering meant they didn't do a proper job.
As there are so many I clean the filter every 2-3 days. |
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Bristlenoses
Large Bristlenose
Number of posts: 488
Age: 46
Location: Mansfield,Nottinghamshire,East Midlands U.K
Job/hobbies: Bristlenoses,photography,animals,nature,drawing and painting,films,books,internet.
Thank You Points: 20
Registration date: 2011-08-26
| | Subject: Re: Do i need to cover internal filters? Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:37 pm | |
| | Doug wrote: | | depends on how powerful the filters suck it. I usually do. |
Hi Doug,what do you use to cover them? |
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jim.and
Moderator
Number of posts: 1423
Age: 55
Location: England
Job/hobbies: Warehouse Op
Thank You Points: 105
Registration date: 2010-08-04
| | Subject: Re: Do i need to cover internal filters? Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:26 pm | |
| There are some suggestions for covering filter intakes HERE |
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