Filter Cover

Hi all, i could not find any article on this hence has decided to post this after much read up

I have read that HOF / Canister filter, you should cover the sucking inlet with either sponge or fine netting so shrimps / shrimplets do not get sucked inside.

However,i would like to know, if you put a sponge / fine netting at the inlet sponge ... can the waste ever reach the inside of your filter so that your filter media in your filter can serve their purpose ( aside from ceramic rings ) ?? Wouldnt all the dirt / waste be trap outside at the sponge at the sucking inlet area ??

I am planning to set up a cherry shrimp tank and hence would really like to find out more.

Many Thanks !!

Originally Posted by sianxz

Hi all, i could not find any article on this hence has decided to post this after much read up

I have read that HOF / Canister filter, you should cover the sucking inlet with either sponge or fine netting so shrimps / shrimplets do not get sucked inside.

However,i would like to know, if you put a sponge / fine netting at the inlet sponge ... can the waste ever reach the inside of your filter so that your filter media in your filter can serve their purpose ( aside from ceramic rings ) ?? Wouldnt all the dirt / waste be trap outside at the sponge at the sucking inlet area ??

I am planning to set up a cherry shrimp tank and hence would really like to find out more.

Many Thanks !!

Have it at all 3 tank they are doing fine. That why u will need to maintain or change the sponge once in awhile. Infact i have use a old stocking to wrap the inlet before putting the sponge still working.

[saddyboi]

if the dirt to go into the filter it makes the filter dirty very quickly then u got to spend more time cleaning the filter..

if u use sponge at the inlet then lesser time to clean the filter but u need to clean/replace the sponge loe..

[Koji™]

Use a big piece of sponge rather than small small piece.

[WiNd.feNg]

actually my flow rate went terribly downhill after sometime (i cover the inlet with sponge)... use stocking best hehe

Originally Posted by WiNd.feNg

actually my flow rate went terribly downhill after sometime (i cover the inlet with sponge)... use stocking best hehe

Hmm use lady stocking, that not be an idea. Hv many colour to choose.

sorry not bad an idea.

[WiNd.feNg]

Originally Posted by Grace

Hmm use lady stocking, that not be an idea. Hv many colour to choose.

sorry not bad an idea.

haha, yes.. and got different designs! can use lacy type also wahahaha

Originally Posted by WiNd.feNg

haha, yes.. and got different designs! can use lacy type also wahahaha

Yessss. I think use silk stocking, less running, or use the Japanese type better, thicker and no running, can lasts longer. heheheh

Originally Posted by Grace

Yessss. I think use silk stocking, less running, or use the Japanese type better, thicker and no running, can lasts longer. heheheh

hahaha i like this thread from sponge turn to buy what type of stocking

[Koji™]

Sponge... Stockings.... What next?