10 Gallon Tank Filter keeps sucking shrimp

[Hobbyist]

My filter is sucking shrimps , Some of them dies and some stays alive which I return them into the tank again, I thought that the cotton I put next to the filter vent would keep shrimps away from it
Anyway what do you recommend me to do
I know the way where you put those gauzy socks on the vent to prevent shrimps from entering in there , but I don’t know a lot about those socks and I am afraid to put one thats dyed ( with black color for example)
If you had experience with this problem I would like to know how did you solve it

 

[LadfromLondon]

But had this problem myself but I can advise a prefilter sponge on the filter. They usually are naturally black so do not worry about colour dyes. Just rinse it out good after a week or two in use.
Check something like the Fluval edge pre filter sponges out

 

[Hobbyist]

But had this problem myself but I can advise a prefilter sponge on the filter. They usually are naturally black so do not worry about colour dyes. Just rinse it out good after a week or two in use.
Check something like the Fluval edge pre filter sponges out

So I can use those gauzy socks I talked about

 

[Tryne]

I use a HOB Seachem Tidal 35 on a 10 gallon shrimp tank. It is known to not be very shrimp safe at all but I still got it to work perfectly fine by filling the intakes with sponge easily. What filter do you have exactly? I can only read that you got it with the tank, but what brand/series? Or a picture maybe?

 

[Hobbyist]

I use a HOB Seachem Tidal 35 on a 10 gallon shrimp tank. It is known to not be very shrimp safe at all but I still got it to work perfectly fine by filling the intakes with sponge easily. What filter do you have exactly? I can only read that you got it with the tank, but what brand/series? Or a picture maybe?

Yeah you’re right
I got it with the tank
The tank brand is SOBO T-390F
Here is a pic for the filter

 

[Catappa]

My filter is sucking shrimps , Some of them dies and some stays alive which I return them into the tank again, I thought that the cotton I put next to the filter vent would keep shrimps away from it
Anyway what do you recommend me to do
I know the way where you put those gauzy socks on the vent to prevent shrimps from entering in there , but I don’t know a lot about those socks and I am afraid to put one thats dyed ( with black color for example)
If you had experience with this problem I would like to know how did you solve it

You can use women's pantyhose (any color you want) and wash them well in water, without soap or other additives. Just cut off part and cover the filter with it and tie it. Otherwise, just buy the simplest kind of sponge filter (they often are sold with a pump). These are very inexpensive and great for tanks with shrimp, nano fish, etc. I have become such a convert -- I love them!

 

[Hobbyist]

You can use women's pantyhose (any color you want) and wash them well in water, without soap or other additives. Just cut off part and cover the filter with it and tie it. Otherwise, just buy the simplest kind of sponge filter (they often are sold with a pump). These are very inexpensive and great for tanks with shrimp, nano fish, etc. I have become such a convert -- I love them!

I have a sponge filter running in my tank
But I can turn off the mechanical filter because I have some platys with the shrimps
I could use that thing you referred to to cover the filter ( this was the gauzy socks I was talking about but I didn’t know its name )
But If I would use it I would get it black or gray to prevent it being dyed with any color.

 

[bcfishtanks]

I use the pantyhose method for my betta. Depending on the size, you might need to clean it off a few times a day to keep the water flowing well. If it's bigger at the base, you can probably do it during water changes.

 

[Hobbyist]

I use the pantyhose method for my betta. Depending on the size, you might need to clean it off a few times a day to keep the water flowing well. If it's bigger at the base, you can probably do it during water changes.

Yeah I may use it
But it would be underneath, the place which the filter suck the water from
So I don’t think I would have to clean it a lot

 

[Catappa]

Yeah I may use it
But it would be underneath, the place which the filter suck the water from
So I don’t think I would have to clean it a lot

Plant bits and other detritus get sucked up and will cling to the outside of the pantyhose. So they need to be cleaned off, as bcsay wrote.

 

[MyFishAddiction]

What I use for my guppy fry is a normal filter with a sponge I put on the sucky part. I just attach it with a rubber band.