trianglekitty
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Recently I had a population boom of cherry shrimp. I'm quite delighted by this, even if it does make water changes harder because I have to search the waste water for tiny baby shrimp! I think part of the reason they're breeding so well is I have a piece of filter floss over my filter outlet to slow the flow. The floss is covered with algae and java moss and makes a perfect feeding spot and there's always at least a few shrimp on it picking away.
The only problem is the floss tends to drift upward, which reduces the amount of space for the shrimp to graze (it basically is almost floating on the water's surface). I'd like to weight it so it hangs straight up and down, thus keeping the majority of it underwater. I was going to use plant weights to keep it down, but I did some research and realized I don't really want lead in my tank. My other option would be to run a piece of fishing wire from the corner of the floss down to the lower part of the filter intake, which would keep it tied down.
So, silly question- the fishing line would run on an angle almost the height of the tank. Is there a risk of the fish, well, running into it? I've heard of using fishing line to tie down plants, but never where it would be strung for a distance between two points, and is almost clear and designed to be basically invisible to fish.
Am I way over thinking this or missing an even easier answer? I just don't want to come home to a strangled fish.
The only problem is the floss tends to drift upward, which reduces the amount of space for the shrimp to graze (it basically is almost floating on the water's surface). I'd like to weight it so it hangs straight up and down, thus keeping the majority of it underwater. I was going to use plant weights to keep it down, but I did some research and realized I don't really want lead in my tank. My other option would be to run a piece of fishing wire from the corner of the floss down to the lower part of the filter intake, which would keep it tied down.
So, silly question- the fishing line would run on an angle almost the height of the tank. Is there a risk of the fish, well, running into it? I've heard of using fishing line to tie down plants, but never where it would be strung for a distance between two points, and is almost clear and designed to be basically invisible to fish.
Am I way over thinking this or missing an even easier answer? I just don't want to come home to a strangled fish.
