[UniQuaria] missing fish mystery solved
Yes I have often used rubber bands for various things - including what I described in the note below and never had a problem. I also used to rubber band cucumber slices to my driftwood for my plecos!
Lianne
On 5/22/08, Bren wrote: > > I was going to ask today if rubber bands are safe in the tank. The > suction cup for my new heater isn’t holding onto the heater very well, and a > rubber band would do the trick. Thanks! > > —– Original Message —– > *From:* Lianne Martin > *To:* UniQuaria@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Thursday, May 22, 2008 7:56 AM > *Subject:* Re: [UniQuaria] missing fish mystery solved > > > Hi Marcelo - > > Things I have done before to prevent small fish and fry from being sucked > into filters include *rubber banding* old nylons on to the end of the > intake, and rubber banding a spongey thing for powerheads onto it. I > especially like using the spongey thing because it allows all kinds of fun > bacteria to grow on it and then the fish can nibble off of that too. So > yes, I think your filter media bag would work just fine. > > Lianne > > > On 5/22/08, Marcelo wrote: >> >> hey guys, >> so i go into my living room this morning and i look into my tank and i am >> down to 3 cardinal tetras (from the original 7)…..well in looking around >> for them i think i have figured it out. i think they have been sucked into >> my canister filter. i saw one’s head (very much dead) poking out of the >> intake tube. it has a cover on it to keep large things out, but it lookes >> like they were just small enough to get in. when i get home today i will >> have to open up the filter and i am sure i will find 4 dead fish in there. >> what should i do to keep this from happening again? i have a spare media >> bag, i was thinking of tying it to the filter intake. does that sound like >> a good idea? >> >> thanks, >> marcelo >> >> >> >> > >
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