niru
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Hi All
this has happened to me a few months back...
To improve/increase the flow, I added a small water-pump (this one from Sera with protective mesh). All was well until I went for a 1 week vacation. 1 Betta, and 1 Cory decided to poke around inside through this mesh, got caught & the tank was full of their internal organs when I came back from vacation 🙁 . I duely cleaned everything, and added an extra pump-cap on top of the existing one.
Later, one evening while I was watching the tank, 1 Apple snail decided it is his time to knock the doors of heaven. It put its antenae through this double-mesh & got sucked in
as I was watching!!
So I decided to replace this Sera pump and got a Tunze powerhead with variable flow knob. All was well for some months, and 1 day a curious Platty decided to ride the sucking flow & was shredded to piece. I realised that this power head has too wide a cage & powerful enough to suck my poor fish...
Hence now I have a Koralia nano. But I also have amano shrimps who are equally dumb-witted to check its flow dynamics.. I dont want any further sacrifices, and I am off for 3 week vacation later this week. So I have as a solution, covered the Koralia intake-side cage with a thin sponge using rubber bands. What I am now worried is if this will reduce my flow significantly?? I also saw that some dead leaves get stuck to the center of the Koralia output-side. With a small string held close, I realised that the powerhead throws water out from the periphery and sucks a little in from the center as well?!? Is this always true, or intake reduction due to the sponge has altered this?? Anyone having any ideas, or faced similar situations??
-niru
this has happened to me a few months back...
To improve/increase the flow, I added a small water-pump (this one from Sera with protective mesh). All was well until I went for a 1 week vacation. 1 Betta, and 1 Cory decided to poke around inside through this mesh, got caught & the tank was full of their internal organs when I came back from vacation 🙁 . I duely cleaned everything, and added an extra pump-cap on top of the existing one.
Later, one evening while I was watching the tank, 1 Apple snail decided it is his time to knock the doors of heaven. It put its antenae through this double-mesh & got sucked in
as I was watching!!So I decided to replace this Sera pump and got a Tunze powerhead with variable flow knob. All was well for some months, and 1 day a curious Platty decided to ride the sucking flow & was shredded to piece. I realised that this power head has too wide a cage & powerful enough to suck my poor fish...
Hence now I have a Koralia nano. But I also have amano shrimps who are equally dumb-witted to check its flow dynamics.. I dont want any further sacrifices, and I am off for 3 week vacation later this week. So I have as a solution, covered the Koralia intake-side cage with a thin sponge using rubber bands. What I am now worried is if this will reduce my flow significantly?? I also saw that some dead leaves get stuck to the center of the Koralia output-side. With a small string held close, I realised that the powerhead throws water out from the periphery and sucks a little in from the center as well?!? Is this always true, or intake reduction due to the sponge has altered this?? Anyone having any ideas, or faced similar situations??
-niru
