Ember tetra in filter

Judi · Post by **Judi** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:38 pm

I hadn't cleaned out the canister filter on my 20 gallon in --well, I'm just too embarrassed to say. I finally cleaned it out today, and found an almost fully grown ember tetra in there!

PaulS · Post by **PaulS** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:11 pm

That's one hardy little fish to survive that. What a tough little guy!! Now use him as a feeder. (JUST kidding)

maddog10 · Post by **maddog10** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:48 pm

Someone should design a filter with a light inside. That way when we save fry and baby shrimp, the light isn't a shock to their system!

B Considine · Post by **B Considine** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:28 am

I cleaned out my 2213 last night and found 1 kerri tetra (bigger than I would have thought) and 8 tiny ancistrus, 6 of which are now in another tank. Sadly, 2 got squished when I rinsed out the coarse filter pad.

Blaise

Judi · Post by **Judi** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:25 am

Poor squished ancistrus.

I wonder if I squished anybody without realizing when I cleaned the filter sponges.

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:57 am

I squish about 100 cherry shrimp everytime I clean my filters! I remember a time when I spent an hour plus fishing all them out!

Post by **krisw** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:02 am

Murderer!

chris_todd · Post by **chris_todd** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:27 am

One of the reasons I like the Rena Filstars is that their canister is translucent, so it's easy for me to see whether I have fry or shrimp living in my canister (which I have had happen) *before* I open it up. Putting sponge pre-filters over the filter intake seems to have solved that problem. Of course, now I have large sponges in my tanks to try and hide, so that's a bit of a trade-off.

Ember tetra in filter

Ember tetra in filter

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