Reply With Quotehow did it get in? there are gaps? if oto can get in there...shrimps and shrimplets alike can get in..
IT WASN'T!!!
Look at this:
okay, I should changed my title to "OTOS are not sponge filter safe".
This otos is the only fish in my shrimp-only tank btw.
Somehow it was stuck while trying to find its way into the sponge filter!
Gave me a hell of time trying to get it out.
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how did it get in? there are gaps? if oto can get in there...shrimps and shrimplets alike can get in..
Aspiring to be.
at least it does not eat you shrimps
Bro I think I saw shrimplets on the sponge filter.maybe can increase the bubble rate so all the bubbling can maybe stop them from getting in.
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Unfortunately I didn't take a overall picture of the sponge filter yesterday.Originally Posted by leefhker
Below is an old setup of my tank, the sponge filter layout is similar to this one. You will see there is a possibility that the otos will find its way through the transparent tube.
It didn't cross my mind because I thought the bubbles will deny any entry, apparently it's not, in particular to "heavier" weight fauna. I saw those shrimps "walking" on the air tube before but it will be "blown" away by the bubbles if it tries to go further down.
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Can take out the tube?
maybe it was the opposite, my shrimps were trying to eat it so much so that it went to find a hiding place.at least it does not eat you shrimps
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sharp eyes! hehe.. good idea, let me try to increase the bubble rate, hopefully it will not send the shrimplets "flying" around the tank.Bro I think I saw shrimplets on the sponge filter.
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from 14L to 8L tank.
yes, it is detachable. I'll give it a try and see how.
Last night it swam all the way in when I was trying to lure it out (after hours of "fight", ok, a bit of exaggerating, 30 mins probably).Then I gave up and just let it stay inside. About an hour later, saw it sticking on the glass.
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Taking off that tube will defeat the purpose of a sponge filter. It'll no longer do much filtering and will just be an airstone.
Extending the tube just above waterline?
Sorry bro, I didn't mention it clearly earlier. It is actually the outer tube that we are going to remove.
This is how it looks like now, with the outer tube removed:
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Bro, I do understand your intention was to remove this outer tube.
And I was trying to tell you that removing it will render the sponge filter ineffective as it'll create a small "field" of circulating water that just surrounds the top of the sponge.
In another words, it'll be moving mostly the same water as the water that comes out of the top of the sponge immediately gets sucked back down into the bubble stream again without the extension tube to help the water escape the pull. Very little water will actually be forced through the sponge.
The below link should explain this:
http://www.americanaquariumproducts....roubleshooting
Oh no! I didn't realise that! I thought that outer tube is just some "cosmetic" effect, to make the bubbles "line" upwards.Bro, I do understand your intention was to remove this outer tube.
And I was trying to tell you that removing it will render the sponge filter ineffective as it'll create a small "field" of circulating water that just surrounds the top of the sponge.
In another words, it'll be moving mostly the same water as the water that comes out of the top of the sponge immediately gets sucked back down into the bubble stream again without the extension tube to help the water escape the pull. Very little water will actually be forced through the sponge.
The below link should explain this:
http://www.americanaquariumproducts....roubleshooting
Thanks for your patience and explaining this, bro. This is really a good information. I will put it back asap.
from 14L to 8L tank.
Cheers bro. And do not worry too much about the oto exploring the insides of the airlift tube...he's probably just trying to clean it from inside out
Otos are cute and very shrimp friendly.
hehe.. maybe one day he'll end up stuck inside, eat non stop, forgotten to maintain a slim body to squeeze through the hole.Cheers bro. And do not worry too much about the oto exploring the insides of the airlift tube...he's probably just trying to clean it from inside out
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indeed. they should learn some forbidden area though. hehe..
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