Hey Schmill,
I just noticed looking at your last posted picture that your intake from your CF1200 in the tank, has a sort of "Foamy" filter around it.... this surely isn't standard is it? It's a good idea though, what have you done??
Hi Sorry, I've only just seen this, seems the topic stopped tracking, so I stopped getting notified of replies!
Anyhoo, it does (did) indeed have a foam filter around it. I added it at the time as I was planning on adding cherry shrimp to the tank, (however I now have them in their own tank witha mountain of java moss
).
As for what I did;
I got a cylindrical piece of course foam from my not-so-local aquatic store, and then put it into a bag of water, squeezed the foam a few times to make sure all the bubbles were out, and then sealed the bag (careful not to trap any air or squash the foam), and stuffed the whole thing in the freezer.
Once it had frozen I took the frozen lump out of the bag, and used a hot pan to melt the ice flat to the sponge on each end, (so that it would stand up, and also had a flat top).
Then I used a power drill to cut a hole the diameter of the filter pipe into the sponge.
Seems to be a LOT easier this way, and gives a better fit than just 'forcing' the pipe into the sponge.
It worked well, but I have since removed it as I have now decided against the cherry shrimp in this tank, and it seemed to get clogged a lot quicker than the standard filter mesh that is on the pipe.
Dazzlearoobob said:
Tank looks amazing. Thanks for such an indepth log of your cycling ups and downs. It really helped me.
Same appology to you, but I am glad the thread helped you