Yes Lenny that is what it looks like. It mostly happens to the larger snails. It is probably like mentioned, the bigger foot making it have more of a suction and the snails being sucked in. I have had to pull the snail (shredded) out of the intake. Not nice believe me. […]
I have lost a number of adult mystery snails to the intake filter. I have a fluval canister on the tank that this happened to and I had to put a sponge pre filter on it to avoid this problem. Pam
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.comFrom: alambiet@yahoo.comDate: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 03:00:54 +0000Subject: [AquaticLife] Re: Snail […]
HI JAKI,
If your pond is 40gallons instead of 400 gallons, it is probably a glass or fiberglass aquarium & not a pond. Nevertheless, whether it is an aquarium or a pond, it is way too small for 13 kois and it is a miracle that they still seem healthy. The kois you bought from BiorR […]
My husband and I love our kois, we bought a ready made pond,rather small and has 40 gallons only, the 13 kois seems to be healthy for the last 9 months from the time we got them from Bioreserch, and Koi Village and now they have grown. Can we maintain such adorable koi in small […]
Dear Don, Lorraine and Ramil,
Thank you so much for your input! I have given my partner copies of your advice and will wait a week or two before broaching the subject again, but thanks to your interventions I think it’ll be easier to convince him of the wisdom of the no-stone […]
I have a Penguin/ Marineland, not a Fluval. Could make a difference? Anyway, I’m not an advanced mechanic, and for all the time I spend on my fish I really don’t want to spend a day retooling the $15 power filter.
Would it not be simpler to change the impeller? […]
Hi Dora, Impellers don’t really wear out but in the Fluval filter if they stop spinning it means that the hole they are in may be getting smaller due to expanding drive pole pieces or that the impeller washers are worn and more have to be added. I am sure the Fluval company does not […]
First, I always like to have 2 filters.
Second, while Eheim might be the highest quality, it comes with a high price as well. For my money I like the Rena Filstar XP3 and XP4 filters. Ive only had them 2 years so far however. My Eheims and my Renas do an […]
Hi Myron,
I can not speak on the condition of the Eheim filter but I did want to address the loss of power from your two Fluval filters. I have a few- well, maybe 6 of these different ones. Over the years I have come to have to deal with the 303 and 304 or 404 […]
Hi, Iv’e got a leaking 125 gal. tank that I need to replace and I’m thinking of getting an Eheim 2217 to replace a fluval 404 that has lost power over time. I currently have it along with a Fluval 304 to help out (also somewhat under-powered)and I’m thinking to keep the […]