Sponge Cover For 1 Inch Pvc Pipe? Question

Hello Fellow Fishlorians!

Today, I found my goldfish stuck to the filter barely alive. I removed him and he has recovered pretty well, but he has no more tail(but the rays are still there) and he is missing a lot of scales.

This filter also killed a pearlscale goldfish.

Are there any sponge covers that would fit on a 1 inch PVC pipe?

 

your filter must be really strong to be sucking the fish. let me get a little out of topic here and ask, what are your water parameters? Reason i ask is because your fish might be weak and that is why the filter is sucking it.

 

Fancy goldfish are also not good with strong currents and so much better with a sponge filter. And what do u mean by pvc pipe? Also, you can probably just buy a large sponge and cut a whole in it so the pipe can fit, but not all the way through.

 

Maybe make your own with some aquaclear filter replacement sponges by cutting holes into them? That could work, but if the flow is strong enough to suck them into the filter, they can still get stuck against the sponge though.

 

PetSmart does have pre-filter sponges that I use on my 60g tank. Not sure if it's 3/4 or 1" but worth a try. Cheap too.

 

What happened was my goldfish swam into the area with the filter intake that I tried to block off and he just got stuck.


My parameters are:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 20

 

I have a dragon-eye ... that has only one "dragon eye" ... because the other got pulled off by the canister filter when he swam too close and sucked him in (by the eye). He's fine and has been for about a year since the accident. Er ... actually I recently found out it's a SHE! LOL

Reason for the accident? I forgot to replace the "strainer" on the bottom of the inlet pipe after cleaning it.

Anyway ...

Can you post a pick of your intake and outlet setup? The PVC inlet tells me this is some kind of DIY thing - which is fine but it's difficult to figure a solution if we don't know what it looks like.

 

I'll get a pic tomorrow as it's late. I've been away all day!

The affected goldfish seems to have a lot of new fin growth already but I'm concerned about fungus. I'll get all of the photos tomorrow.

 

I attached the pics of the filter intake. It is currently being covered by a rock.

As for the goldfish, you can see that hi s fins are really messed up Andy all of the white patches are where his scales are gone. He was an all orange goldfish before this.

 

The filter hasn't done anything to the goldies, but it killed 2 of my huge ramshorns!

Any sponges that can fit?

 

You can get foam from  

Would it be possible to put a larger pipe with holes over the current one?

 

The holes are the problem as they are now sucking my snails out of their shells if they get too close.

 

You could alway get a large cheap sponge for washing a car and cut it to fit.

 

I have some aquarium silicone left over from repairing my tank.

Would this be too much for the sponge? I also have superglue at my house.

 

How should I keep the BB alive?

The intake is for a 5 gallon bucket filter. Should I use an extra airpump to keep circulation?

 

Actually, can I do it without glue? There is a PVC cap on the end of the pipe that should hold it in position.