Help!!! Guppy Grass in the filter intake

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We plan to maintain guppy population with least effort.
So, We recently got some guppy grass for the hiding place for fries.
(20G Bare bottom with guppy grass)

When we put guppy grass in the tank, a lot of them blocked the HOB intake.
I think it is going to slow down flow & filter's job.
How can I prevent this?
 
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put a sponge on the end of the filters intake
 
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inkyjenn said:
put a sponge on the end of the filters intake
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Even with this measure, you will find yourself regularly pulling tendrils out of the sponge...
 
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If it's a fry only tank, consider switching out the HOB for a sponge filter.
 
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Hooked Newbie said:
If it's a fry only tank, consider switching out the HOB for a sponge filter.
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I am going to put all guppies in this tank. So, it is going to be mixed fries & adults.
I installed 10G HOB + Sponge filter. I haven't tried to wrap around sponge on the HOB intake. But I guess it may not be a complete solution.
 
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You could use the HOB to run the sponge filter.

As in. Intake tube from HOB hooked to the tube for the sponge.
Would make for a high performance Sponge filter. :)
 
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add a substrate and the grass will anchor itself in the substrate and not move into the filter,.. i have it in a 5gal betta tank with hob and no sponge on inlet and no problems,
 
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I would weight down the ends of the guppy grass with rocks to prevent it from going near the intake and also cover it (the intake) with sponge. I had the same thing happen but wasn't smart enough at the time do do anything about it. 90% of mine died because of getting sucked into the filter. The only strands that survived were wrapped around my other plants or other decor.
 
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