screen on pick up for FX5?, small fish

[brcacti]

Hello what should I use as a screen on my water pick up for the first few months because my fish will start out small and can get sucked in the pick uip tube?

 

[barrakooda]

you can simply go to the dollar store and buy some sponges or those foam clothe-like material used for scrubbing when taking a shower. You can simply wrap that around the intake tube and secure it with a rubber band. those materials are safe in the fish tank and i actually use those as my filtering medium inside my filters.

 

[WckedMidas]

buy a ac 500 sponge cut it in half stap it in the middle slide over the intake tube. and place a rubber band around it to prevent it from falling off. Not only will the fry be safe it will pre filter your filter and make cleaning the actual filter alittle less work . Just take the sponge once every other day and rinse it out and place bac int he tank.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

All the above would work.

You could also try some rubber bands around your girlfriend or moms old panty hose!

 

[jcardona1]

or cut out an old fish net, and tie to the intake... and you can double it up if you need to and wont affect your water flow

 

[chesterthehero]

id go with the sponge/foam rather than netting... the netting is going to have the full force of yer drain which the fry might not be strong enough to out swim... foam on the other hand will act as a buffer... you shouldnt lose any suction it would just be more spread out.. the bigger the sponge the less chance of fry getting stuck to it..

 

[brcacti]

Thanks for the info, it will be small fish but not fry size, the fish would be smallest 1 1/2 or 2 inches long and a little thickness to them and height to them too.

 

[tropheus]

that size fish will not get sucked up a fx5 , the intake gaps are not that large