Reply With QuoteI hope this version works. If it doesn't, just go with a solid piece of sponge with the middle cut out to accommodate the mesh.
I bring good news
Found this very dense sponge that was thrown away, used to cover dry ice at my workplace.
Some cutting and silicon later
Hotswap change!
Voilą!!
Many thanks to Eviltrain and Stormhawk for their advice an inputs!
I hope this version works. If it doesn't, just go with a solid piece of sponge with the middle cut out to accommodate the mesh.
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Actually why you put the hole for?
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Free read from the start and you will know his concept hahahaOriginally Posted by Neondagger
It is partition for water to flow through.
Without the mesh the sponge will clog up soon enough. It is for practical purposes that he chose to add the mesh.
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Hey navanod,
Have you tried mosquito net? I bought the Net I was trying to tell you.
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I had looked at mosquito nets and was not convinced it's fine enough to stop shrimplets and also found a few problems. I would've preferred plastic meshes too, easy to cut and work with. But I found that the plastic meshes tends to stretch and tear easily during installation making even bigger holes so may not be as durable.
It's also too soft, requiring a support mesh backing in order to work for my tank. You may be able to get it to work on yours if you customize the partitions with softer mesh in mind.
That's a very big mesh you bought bro!! I saw that at Homefix selling for $17?
You may want to test it first by trying to hold a very young shrimplet with it? I'm always paranoid that my mesh is still letting shrimplets through. Hahahaha
Plastic mesh not fine enough for the houdinis.
You mean the shrimplets?
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There's a type of mesh sold for needlework that are usually called perforated plastic mesh or canvas that can be applied as a divider to prevent shrimplets from escaping.
That insect screening mesh is only good for one thing - making a moss wall. It's too flimsy and not very good as a divider.
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I using it as mesh for my filter input lo. Damn funny, I use like 5cm or something and buy like 4ftx5ft of this mesh lol
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Can keep for other things too.
Good as a project base for a moss wall or making a moss carpet.
Edit: Forgot to add this - can use as a loose tank cover as well.
Last edited by stormhawk; 21st Jan 2012 at 02:15.
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Not all canvas are made alike and some will deteriorate quickly with prolonged immersion in water. Spaces between grids are a tad too wide for Navanod's purpose anyway.
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There is one with a puny hole size in between the spaces, which should prevent the shrimplets from passing through, made of nylon I believe. I found those at Spotlight at Plaza Singapura, but the cost is err....
Cheaper ones at Artfriend but the grid size is not that fine. See the image link below for an idea:
http://0.tqn.com/d/crossstitch/1/0/z/A/-/-/pcanvas.jpg
The one I am referring to is second from the left with the smaller hole size. The first from the left is what I found at Artfriend, which makes for a great DIY divider for adult shrimps/fish. There are 3 grid sizes, at least from those at Spotlight. A simple fix to the large grid size is to wrap the whole piece of canvas with the fine netting that comes with filter bags, like those at C328, and then slot them in place in the binder spines, based on this DIY tank divider idea here:
http://bettatude.com/Dividers/divider.html
Of course for Navanod's case, this DIY divider is not workable due to the limited space at the bottom of each glass divider panel that is permanently siliconed in place, but great for those who are planning their own racks etc.
In this same link is the jumper/climber blocking piece that I was referring to earlier in the thread, as shown in the 4th picture from the top.
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Saw that at Spotlight too (I used to work there in my teens!) but the price is insane. And the hole to plastic ratio is too low, which why it's so stiff but also quite restrict to waterflow.
I did find some very very find woven netting bags at Daiso, mostly for laundry purposes. Those seemed to be very fine and yet, not so fine as to choke all the time. However, I wasn't sure if the threads will start to run once we cut it up so in the end, the bag ended up as my sump's "soil bag" hahaha!
Daiso also have very fine "tea bag" material bags for drain holes and floor traps. Excellent for putting at the end of overflow pipes to catch any strays but have to change weekly. Dirt cheap, so changing is not an issue.
Lastly, can alway steal our wives/galfriends stockings. Then cut and stretch it to make the hole bigger (even so it's still very fine). Chokes quite fast though, as it "clings" to everything and traps more dirt compared to a metal mesh of similar hole size.
I was at Artfriend at Ngee Ann City earlier today, and found pieces of Mesh size 7 from this brand called Darice. Each piece was selling at $1.20 each I believe. However, to use as dividers in a 2ft tank, you would have to use 2 per divider. They are fine for smaller tanks though. The grid size is perfect for larger shrimps but will not prevent the houdinis from running around.
Somehow, I feel that if we want to use these plastic canvas, we'd have to order it ourselves from eBay etc, because the sizes available are limited.
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This?
Soon ada will make a shrimp friendly divider and charge it for $100 per piece lol. If this can't be found still.
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