Feeding and overflows

[aldiaz33]

I had the same problem so I made a feeding ring. In the picture the inner ring was a little out of whack (not fully hitting the water, but I'm sure you get the idea). I started with one big ring, but I found that my more aggressive feeders would hit the surface and pellets would still make their way into my overflows. Having a ring within a ring helps prevent most pellets from ending up in my filter socks.

I built mine out of clear tubing and some barbed T fittings...works well. You can make it out of black tubing so it's a little more discreet...now that I'm typing that, not sure why I didn't use black tubing...

As others have mentioned, using sinking pellets helps, although not all sinking pellets live up to their name.

 

[PDRed302]

Letting go of foods under the water instead of above it sometimes helps; like in the instance of flakes and some dried foods. A feeding ring of course as mentioned above may be of some assistance as well, especially when it comes to floating pellets.


...But to be honest, its easiest to just switch to sinking food.

 

[Pharaoh]

I saw an overflow ring that was used to block the direct flow of surface water to the overflow. Floating PVC "U" shape placed arond the overflow to restrict floating foods from reaching the overflow. You couldn't see it unless you were blow the surface of the tank. Plus, a little paint could make it harder to see.