overflow idea, keep pellets from being sump'd

[Shavelieva]

zip tie a mesh material screen to the fitting

 

[Midknightskie]

If you put a screen or mesh then you'll be cleaning that thing all the time.

 

[xdragonxb0i]

Use a feeding ring. Then it will all mostly stay in one place.

Its not my idea. But its basically a modified feeding ring


1. Use plastic Tubing, and 2 suction cups.

2. Silicone the suction cups to each end.

3. Place it around the overflow.

Your whole tank would be the inside of the feeding ring, The overflow, would be the outside.

Someone on MFK have made this, so im sure he will chime in

 

[deeboi]

well i have large comm fish, aro oscars etc...sometimes i know i feed them too much but i will throw in a couple pinches of hikari when i walk by the tank...i noticed that when i throw in less pellets at a time, my pumps don't push them around as much, then there is less going down the intake...


i never thought about having something floating to block the pellets, but i also would want to have less of adding eyesore to the tank with extra plumbing...

 

[deeboi]

Its not my idea. But its basically a modified feeding ring


1. Use plastic Tubing, and 2 suction cups.

2. Silicone the suction cups to each end.

3. Place it around the overflow.

Your whole tank would be the inside of the feeding ring, The overflow, would be the outside.

Someone on MFK have made this, so im sure he will chime in

^^thanks, i didn't see this as i just posted 2 mins ago...i was thinking the the pipe would sink, and was actually thinking of more securing it by drilling two holes on each end of the tubing and using zip ties...

also with this method i wonder if it floats then i would be able to just use it during feeding, and remove it after...

i also got large tin foils and silver d's...and they have mad feeding frenzy..

 

[xdragonxb0i]

^^thanks, i didn't see this as i just posted 2 mins ago...i was thinking the the pipe would sink, and was actually thinking of more securing it by drilling two holes on each end of the tubing and using zip ties...

also with this method i wonder if it floats then i would be able to just use it during feeding, and remove it after...

i also got large tin foils and silver d's...and they have mad feeding frenzy..

well it wont float, because you should trap air in side the tube when you glue and plug the suction cups

 

[Mr Pleco]

mr pleco - do you have a pic of how you attached the screen?

burko - sounds like a good idea, but my overflow is enclosed box type.

more ideas and pics plz...i'm still trying to think an idea w/out shutting down the pump....i would be doing that 2-3 times a day...

I'll see If i can get a pic it's fairly stiff alum screen made a small rect cube and placed it in the box at the top

 

[deeboi]

^^ that's what i'm probably going to do...but wouldn't the screen if it's metal/alum maybe rust and pollute the water?

 

[Sirspifalot]

You could try always feeding them on the opposite side of the tank of the overflow is. I've done this and my fish eventually learned where the food is dropped and it doesn't sit around very long before they scarf it up. Pbass is starting to learn too. That MF-er is quick. So it really doesn't matter where he is in the tank, soon as the food hits the water its gone. But anyways give it a whirl. Also my overflow internal chamber is a 3in PVC tube, I have a screen made of plastic canvas zip tied into a cube shape. Then I cut a hole in the bottom and slipped it over the over flow.

 

[deeboi]

that would help, but my overflow is kinda in the center left side of my tank..and also the side of my tank where i feed, the pellets sometimes end up all the way to the other side, i think because the when the food hits the water, my aro grabs a mouthfull, then swims to the other side of the tank, and then spits it out...