Yep, if any of you have seen the movie, you'll know what i'm talking about. my neolamprologus shelldwellers just took a huge wad of hair algae off their shells, which had some sand tangled up in it, took it to the filter and spit it right in the intake. the sand then proceeded to find its way through the slits of the intake, go up the pipe, at which point i heard a large whine as the sand got rattled up in the motor. Then the motor whine got louder and then just gave out.... so now my fish are filterless, which as everyone knows is a problem. My dad just went out to get another one, but problem is, I cut the background to fit that filter specifically, so hopefully he can find the same model.
How do I prevent this again? The hair algae is growing incessantly, but since it's a breeding tank, I can't risk putting in any algae eaters that would eat any of the fry, also I'm pretty low on space since the tank is 10 gallons, but with the large amount of sand and the 3d background, it's probably about 6 or 7 gallons only, and right now there's about 3 adult fish and 8 or so fry.
All help appreciated.
How do I prevent this again? The hair algae is growing incessantly, but since it's a breeding tank, I can't risk putting in any algae eaters that would eat any of the fry, also I'm pretty low on space since the tank is 10 gallons, but with the large amount of sand and the 3d background, it's probably about 6 or 7 gallons only, and right now there's about 3 adult fish and 8 or so fry.
All help appreciated.
