Yet another office pico tank log -- New pics 9/20/07 - Page 4 - Aquarium Advice

**Devilishturtles** · 09-21-2007, 12:01 PM

Very very nice

majolo · 09-24-2007, 11:09 PM

Well, the bad news is I was right about the current being too strong, even with the flow adjusted to low. I brought in a few shrimp last night to test it out, and they looked ok, although they had a noticeably hard time going upstream. But they weren't going through the mesh wall, so I thought maybe they'll be all right. They had no problem catching on to the wall or crawling around on the driftwood and plants. However, the mesh wall wasn't from floor to ceiling (since the floor isn't flat, I would have had to do a curve to fit it and I was lazy. Anyway, came in today and couldn't find them. And of course they were in the filter.

So at this point, I'm taking the filter out and considering this a plant tank only.

Some other thoughts: As time goes on I'm less and less pleased with the fancy tank shape. It has the advantage that it catches people's eyes. But on the other side of the equation, there's very little flexibility in aquascaping and I couldn't really do a background since the back glass extends outside the tank area. I think a regular 2.5 gal rectangular would be much better, and I might swap this out for one.

theotheragentm · 09-25-2007, 12:17 AM

If you cram a tighter sponge in the filter, you might reduce flow. You would be clogging it on purpose essentially.

dskidmore · 09-25-2007, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by majolo

I couldn't really do a background since the back glass extends outside the tank area.

If you did a solid color background, you could just do the whole back pane of glass. I think it would look ok.

Atl300zx · 09-25-2007, 11:44 AM

a prefilter would help reduce flow and protect the shrimp

Also you could use a small piece of that same plastic mesh over the outtake if you fear them swimming into it.

For the background, you could do a moss wall (using the same type of plastic you have) since they attach in the inside with suction cups. I just did one on my 10G (last weekend), it hasnt grown through yet, but will in time.

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09-24-2007, 11:09 PM	#32
majolo Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: West Central MN Posts: 261 Images: 13	Well, the bad news is I was right about the current being too strong, even with the flow adjusted to low. I brought in a few shrimp last night to test it out, and they looked ok, although they had a noticeably hard time going upstream. But they weren't going through the mesh wall, so I thought maybe they'll be all right. They had no problem catching on to the wall or crawling around on the driftwood and plants. However, the mesh wall wasn't from floor to ceiling (since the floor isn't flat, I would have had to do a curve to fit it and I was lazy. Anyway, came in today and couldn't find them. And of course they were in the filter. So at this point, I'm taking the filter out and considering this a plant tank only. Some other thoughts: As time goes on I'm less and less pleased with the fancy tank shape. It has the advantage that it catches people's eyes. But on the other side of the equation, there's very little flexibility in aquascaping and I couldn't really do a background since the back glass extends outside the tank area. I think a regular 2.5 gal rectangular would be much better, and I might swap this out for one.

09-25-2007, 12:17 AM	#33
theotheragentm Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,173	If you cram a tighter sponge in the filter, you might reduce flow. You would be clogging it on purpose essentially.

09-25-2007, 11:44 AM	#35
Atl300zx Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 461	a prefilter would help reduce flow and protect the shrimp Also you could use a small piece of that same plastic mesh over the outtake if you fear them swimming into it. For the background, you could do a moss wall (using the same type of plastic you have) since they attach in the inside with suction cups. I just did one on my 10G (last weekend), it hasnt grown through yet, but will in time.