Filter Covers

[shaunalynna]

I was wondering what type of covers I need if any to modify my tank for my horses. I a biocube or is it aquapod not sure. Anyhow there are small suck in holes for intake and then obviously my filter head. I want to be prepared next time little arrivals arrive and I have heard of the covers to help modify the tank so thought I would ask about them.

 

[runn3rb3an]

Hi, I read some of your posts. How did the babies turn out? My horses just had babies this morning and I have no clue what to do. Any suggestions?

 

[shaunalynna]

Runn,
We are guessing they were our babies. They looked like little worms to us and so we guess he had them early. They didn't survive sadly. Frozen cyclopes "sp" is what you will need to feed them first off and it wait 24hrs before feeding. Best of luck!

 

[poniegirl]

Originally Posted by Shaunalynna
http:///forum/post/2775436
I was wondering what type of covers I need if any to modify my tank for my horses. I a biocube or is it aquapod not sure. Anyhow there are small suck in holes for intake and then obviously my filter head. I want to be prepared next time little arrivals arrive and I have heard of the covers to help modify the tank so thought I would ask about them.
For a seahorse nursery tank, my understanding is that it is best to have only an airstone for aeration and water movement. It will mean consistently changing the water, though this would only be until the fry are big enough to manage in a filtered tank.
When you cover a filter intake it does not stop the intake pressure. Covering the intake only keeps larger things from being sucked OUT of the tank.
I don't know that you could have a filter powerful enough to do any good that would not also trap the fry, as well as their food, against any sort of covering.

 

[rykna]

Originally Posted by PonieGirl
http:///forum/post/2776618
For a seahorse nursery tank, my understanding is that it is best to have only an airstone for aeration and water movement. It will mean consistently changing the water, though this would only be until the fry are big enough to manage in a filtered tank.
When you cover a filter intake it does not stop the intake pressure. Covering the intake only keeps larger things from being sucked OUT of the tank.
I don't know that you could have a filter powerful enough to do any good that would not also trap the fry, as well as their food, against any sort of covering.
I use one of those huge black sponge intake covers for my dwarf tank, and I use Aquaclear 110 on my tanks. The pony babies don't have any problem zipping around, however, pony fry(flies

) are larger that horse fry(flies

), so I do not know if the horse fry would be strong enough to swim against the intake even with a flow cover.

 

[dingus890]

I used regular sponge filters to cover my intakes of the filter and powerhead.
They are a square sponge and I cut a hole down the top of it and slipped it on.As for big items not going thru to the filter,I don't have that problem 'cause my peppermint shrimp thinks of the big things that don't go thru on the sponges as a buffet just for him...lol
Airstones are not good for horses or fry from what I have read.