Re: Prefilter + baby fish = Prefilter!

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com (Aquatic-Plants)
Subject: Re: Prefilter + baby fish = Prefilter!
From: "David W. Webb" <dwebb at ti_com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 11:39:53 -0800
Conversation-Id: <BMSMTP8247584499a0206807 at dlep1_itg.ti.com>

>From: Eric Neustadter <ean at primenet_com>
>
>I've just recently added a DIY wet/dry to my tank, and when I 
>went to clean my prefilter yesterday, I discovered about a dozen 
>baby fish!  After removing them and cleaning the prefilter... 
>they're baaaaack!
>
>Does anyone have a good way to keep fish from being sucked in?

I have switched from using trickle filters to using settling tanks for debris
removal.  The advantage of a settling tank is that anything sucked down your
drain will just live in the settling tank until you catch it back out.  The
disadvantage of a settling tank is that really fine particulates may not settle
out, and may be re-cycled back into your tank.

David W. Webb in Sunny Dallas TX, where I switched on the A/C today and it's
expected to get up to 85F tomorrow.