Filter Help

[littlenemo]

can i take my canister filter off my sump tank and use it for a fry tank if i was to put a pad over intake to stop fish getting sucked up. if this is ok will my main tank be ok with out that filter on it??? its still full of bio balls and noodles

 

[Primous]

what size is the fry tank? You don't necessarily need to take the external off the sump. You could use what I call the "grow in cycle." Which works as follows...

Buy a small internal filter seed it in the main aquarium for a day - a week depending on circumstance and then add it to the fry tank. I have been using this method for years and never had an ammonia/nitrite spike. It's based on the premise that the bacs will grow in conjunction with the fry. It has worked on 40+ apisto fry to about 30 livebearer fry. Something like this >>ebay<< They are relatively cheap. In emergency cases I don't have time to seed the filter and it still turns out ok.

 

[Akasha72]

I got an interpet pf mini off amazon for £7 last week. Just so you know

 

[Cazgar]

I have one of those from Aps, I found the flow was too strong for my fry.
For fry a sponge filter is good, squeeze some of the gunk from your main filter into a bowl & give the sponge a good squeeze in the gunk, I found that worked well for fry, along with regular water changes

 

[FishFanatic04]

I use a sponge filter in my fry tank too! It's great, fry cant get sucked in. Even if you put something over a filter intake, the weaker ones could get stuck to it.

My sponge cost $3 on ebay.