A lesson to learn about overflows

[ingg]

When you buy small, top dwelling fish, and turn the lights out - they are going to die.

Put 14 green eye rasbora in yesterday. Fine for hours. Fine at 10pm when the lights went out.

4 left today, along with one other in an overflow that had me so pissed trying to catch him that I pulled the drain stand pipe and flushed him.

All others are in pieces along the tank floor from being chewed by impellers, or dead from suction.

GRRRR.

Learn the lesson. I just did.

[Aaron]

I had a similar issue with my axelrodi rasboras. I lost several in the first few days because they would get stuck to the inflow of the canister filter over night. The 3 remaining ones seemed to have learned from their mistake.

[maddog10]

There seems to be a lot of things you are learning with this tank

[ingg]

yeah, this one really sucked tho.

Took my time, did my research. Found my perfect fish... I thought.

Tested out PYgmy cories in the tank, and they seem to do fine... I did scare one INTO an overflow trying to get the dead carcasses today, but other than that...

Was a good boy, did the QT for 2 weeks, all happy healthy and eating well.... then blammo, dead.

Know what really sucks? Picked up 25 more yesterday that are currently in QT. ARGH! Guess I know what goes in the 75g now.... no sense sending more to overflow suction death.

They sleep on the top of the water, didn't expect that.

[Jeff120]

Having never had a tank with overflows....Can you put a screen over the inflow?

[ingg]

I did on the bottom on one side - I suppose I could do the tops, but it sorta defeats the purpose, I was thinking you are supposed to let the suff go into the overflow and collect it from there. Unofrtunately, I collected about $20 of fish.

I'm pretty sure some of these died from being sucked up to it and being unable to escape, too, so that'd still happen.

[RTRJR]

Small fish and overflows do not match. If it is a high-flow system, screens do not do the job unless the intake area is huge. Fine sponge, rinsed daily (PITA) does, but NIFT.. Better to re-think the system.

[Ltrepeter2000]

or fish......I dont think that you would have this problem with Brilliant Rasboras.....would be a good complement to your Rainbows and are slightly larger, stronger to not get sucked in.

[Aaron]

Just get another 30 praecox in there.

[Ltrepeter2000]

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile110.html

Dave

Here is a suggestion to replace the rasbora's with. Twofishguyz.com has them right now. Looks like a great fish. Profile says 2" max.

Rob