neilanh
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So today I lost another Tetra.
When I got home, he was stuck to the XP3 filter intake. I netted him loose, and he was still moving. He was curled, kinda like he had a broken back, and one of his eyes was missing and his face was torn up pretty badly. He didn't last long after he was freed.
This is the 2d tetra I've found up against the intake. The last one died for no apparant reason, and I suspected he got stuck against the force of the intake, but had no reason to prove it, until now. Again, all the other tetras are doing well so I have to suspect this is what it is.
What are my options here? I know the XP3 has a flow control on the output. I don't have that installed, but if I do lower the output, will it lessen the force of the intake?
What I would really like is a strainer like cage, similiar to what the actual intake is, that's just larger and would keep fish further away from the force, without limiting the intakes ability to suck up larger particles.
Thoughts on other ways to remedy this? I don't want to lose any other fish.
TIA
When I got home, he was stuck to the XP3 filter intake. I netted him loose, and he was still moving. He was curled, kinda like he had a broken back, and one of his eyes was missing and his face was torn up pretty badly. He didn't last long after he was freed.
This is the 2d tetra I've found up against the intake. The last one died for no apparant reason, and I suspected he got stuck against the force of the intake, but had no reason to prove it, until now. Again, all the other tetras are doing well so I have to suspect this is what it is.
What are my options here? I know the XP3 has a flow control on the output. I don't have that installed, but if I do lower the output, will it lessen the force of the intake?
What I would really like is a strainer like cage, similiar to what the actual intake is, that's just larger and would keep fish further away from the force, without limiting the intakes ability to suck up larger particles.
Thoughts on other ways to remedy this? I don't want to lose any other fish.
TIA