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03-01-2008, 03:45 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cambridge, Ontario Canada Age: 43
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 |  small fish being sucked into overflow
i have a drilled tank with the over flow in the corner
my small clown keeps getting sucked into it. HOW do i keep that from happening first pic is the overflow and the second is the clown in the downspout area
any help would be greatly appreciated
Matt _________ 
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40 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 2x150W HQI MH
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03-01-2008, 03:49 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Beverly Hills, MI Age: 17
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hmmm thats tricky try putting a bio-ball over it | |
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03-01-2008, 03:53 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Florida Age: 34
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I'm very new to the hobby, but I know there is some very fine plastic screen you can get from your local Lowes/Home Depot....
would something like work? Put it around the overflow so it covers the slots?
also, just thought about it, what about like an old fish net?
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40 gal SW - Fluval 305 & Emperor 400, Nova Extreme 156W T5 HO, Rio 90 PH, 30 lbs LR, 40 lbs LS, hermits, snails and 1 little damsel~~~TANK CRASHED 8/2/08~~~ | |
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03-01-2008, 04:26 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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You can use the door screen screen, the only draw back is that your going to be cleaning it often. _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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03-01-2008, 05:11 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey
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Maybe he likes it in there  .. I had the same problem I used some filter media to keep my clown out of the overflow he probably goes in at night mine used to sleep close to the surface and he would get sucked in at night. But he is no longer with us sooo anyway good luck | |
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03-05-2008, 06:57 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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i got a peice of plastic from a lfs for $2 and cut it to fit the overflow, kept my percs in the display tank cause i had one that would routinely end up in the sump _________ 
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03-05-2008, 07:39 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Screening will work just fine. I had to do that for when I had a baby snowflake. I was terrified that he would swim in and go bye-bye.
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55gal,216 watt Tek T5, 45#LR, 45#LS, 3 maxi-jet 900's on a natural wavemaker timer,phosban reactor, 5 gal fuge (built out of standard 10 gallon tank) with chaeto and feather caulerpa, sealife systems protein skimmer, wet/dry, 3 blue/green chromi, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 coral beauty,1 scopas tang, 2 false percs, 5 mexican turbo snails, assorted dwarf blue leg hermits, astrea snails, and nerite snails | |
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03-07-2008, 10:15 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Saskatoon, Sk Age: 21
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Just make sure it's not metal screening and you're good. I'm pretty sure most metals aren't good Be prepared to clean it lots until that little guy grows up a bit.
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40g with 10g sump with 40 lbs liverock, 1.5" deep livesand bed.
Fish - halloween hermits, blue leg hermits, left-handed hermits, emerald crabs, assorted snails, chocolate chip star, 3x strawberry conches, tuxedo urchin, electric flame scallop, gold stripe maroon clown, carpenter's flasher wrasse, 6line, yellow tang, yellow watchman goby, white seabae anemone.
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03-07-2008, 12:35 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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To all thoes of you who have had clowns sucked over overflows BE VERY CARFULL its a clown conspirace that goes way way up so far we dont know whos at the top but I think it started with the gang from the dentists office in NEMO hahahahahahah. _________ 
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LIghts- 2x 50/50 atinics T10's , 2x life gro T10's ,
1x20,000K T12, 1x6,000K T10.
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03-07-2008, 01:40 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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