intake on canister got smashed

[Hybridfish7]

I have one of the old classic eheim canisters that I've been waiting to set up on one of my tanks. Except now I have to wait longer, because the cage on the intake kinda got smashed by something. Not sure if I stepped on it or what, but the little plastic cage on the intake pipe is now no longer in existence. What can I use as an alternative to replace it that won't compromise the filtration capabilities?

 

[Rocksor]

Coarse filter foam that came with it. i use the eheim prefilters and it has coarse foam

 

[Hybridfish7]

Not sure where the original packaging is because we got it 12 years ago, but I can buy more. Now the next step is to figure out which tank it's going on...

 

[Gaspergu]

I have one of the old classic eheim canisters that I've been waiting to set up on one of my tanks. Except now I have to wait longer, because the cage on the intake kinda got smashed by something. Not sure if I stepped on it or what, but the little plastic cage on the intake pipe is now no longer in existence. What can I use as an alternative to replace it that won't compromise the filtration capabilities?

Plastic Easter egg with holes drilled in it.

 

[Gaspergu]

Plastic Easter egg with holes drilled in it.

I never use them and I have never lost a thing to it. Only fish ?

 

[Gaspergu]

I never use them and I have never lost a thing to it. Only fish ?

Put a stack of smaller otherwise useless rocks around it. They will stop anything else from sucking up in there. Plus it will repurpose those rocks just laying around.

 

[jft]

Go to Amazon or Big Als tthey sell replacementsS.

 

[celebrist]

Coarse filter foam that came with it. i use the eheim prefilters and it has coarse foam

Attatch the foam with a Rubber band or string until the replacement arrives

 

[TwoHedWlf]

I never use them and I have never lost a thing to it. Only fish ?

You're lucky. Used to be I could tell when the intake strainer had come off because the filter would stop working due to a bristlenose jammed face first into the tube(And very dead, of course) Lost 6-7 of them that way. Good thing they were breeding like mad at the time.