Cory fry inside cannister filter...

[Wideglide04]

I was doing a wc today and decided to clean out the cannister filter. What a surprise that was when I started to remove the media trays. 2nd tray has a 1.5" cory flopping around, so we grab a net and start to pour the water out of the filter body. We found 6 more, 3 albino and 3 regular bronze. They never survive past the egg stage in the tank itself so this was a pretty cool find for us all

 

[tlindsey]

I was doing a wc today and decided to clean out the cannister filter. What a surprise that was when I started to remove the media trays. 2nd tray has a 1.5" cory flopping around, so we grab a net and start to pour the water out of the filter body. We found 6 more, 3 albino and 3 regular bronze. They never survive past the egg stage in the tank itself so this was a pretty cool find for us all

That's pretty cool they survived.

 

[Wideglide04]

I agree. 1 is almost 2 inches long but very skinny. I'm now not sure about having a cannister if I've got to clean it out every couple weeks lol. Would hate to find a meat grinder instead of fry, even tho I'm sure that may have happened also idk

 

[TwoHedWlf]

I was doing a wc today and decided to clean out the cannister filter. What a surprise that was when I started to remove the media trays. 2nd tray has a 1.5" cory flopping around, so we grab a net and start to pour the water out of the filter body. We found 6 more, 3 albino and 3 regular bronze. They never survive past the egg stage in the tank itself so this was a pretty cool find for us all

Filter cories!

A local messageboard years ago we had a whole series of people asking to identify fish they'd found in their filter. Prompted the term "Filter guppies"

 

[Wideglide04]

Filter cories!

A local messageboard years ago we had a whole series of people asking to identify fish they'd found in their filter. Prompted the term "Filter guppies"
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Well I hope this is the last of them at my place guess its time for a prefilter sponge...
Tbh I didn't think this was possible, especially at their size. They look unusual as well

 

[TwoTankAmin]

The more important issue is how they are getting inside the filter. Usually they get in via an intake. I never have this prioblem becuase i used prefilters on all of my filters (except sponge filters of course).

My first pleco breeding tank I had a special set-up/ U plumbed a Hot Magnum so the return was a spraybar across the top left end of the tank. I ran a hose from the intake across the bottom of the back glass, jury rigged and elbow and then had a sponged ATI prefilters along the loer tight end glass,. It was a bit flimsy and I discovered the the elbow disconnected from the prefilter a few times before I fixed that.

Not long after I pulled the filter to clean it in the kitchen sink.removed the micron filter from it and poured the water into the sink and began to clean the filter. I happened to glance down ay the drain and inside the stopper were about 10 baby zebra plecos. This happened again two weeks later. I rescued the fry both times, fixed that elbow issue and it has never happened again.

Plecos and corys often like to swim into current. I had to abandon my first undergravel filter when I discovered baby swordtails and pandas corys under the plate.

 

[Wideglide04]

Yep need to order prefilters. Only thing is I hate them, the sponge is always to fine and clogs up all the time, oh well time to shop around. I have never saw any fry inside the tank so I'm not sure if the eggs or the fry were sucked up. Still seems impossible for them to live between 2 and 4 weeks inside there and their body is shaped kinda odd.

I just read your story on AC about the UG filter and all the cory and swordtail fry lol

 

[TUCCI]

I put a foam sleeve over my intake strainer end…..

 

[Wideglide04]

Yea I've covered the cannister intake with a pre filter sponge. I've still got 6 left, but lost one of the albino a couple days after discovering them. The bronze colored ones are very dark with a deep rusty colored red along the back and dorsal fin. (I think its the dorsal) So my garbage babies are much more attractive than the parents lol

 

[fishguy1978]

Not unusual for fry to get sucked into a filter early on. Really cool find too.