Glofish swims up into my HOB filter!

[AbbeysDad]

My bad - thanx for the heads up.

The fish is swimming up the waterfall outlet.

I'm curious what type of HOB this is too. I know there's not much room in my AC 30's.

Fishman, you say your parameters are zero across the board. No nitrates can indicate a tank that's not cycled.

 

[authmal]

Hmm. Neat looking HOB. Didn't know they existed with UV 'cleaning'.

Yep, though it's largely a gimmick. The water flow is much too high to do anything beyond *possibly* nuking free floating algae.

OP, you can probably rig a sponge block baffle in front of the return. That'll disperse the water flow but not stop it, and will provide a relatively solid barrier your glofish can't traverse.

 

[FishFanMan]

Yeah, that UV is questionable but you can control the flow to a trickle if one wants. But better than nothing I thought since I didn't want a powerhead setup. Plus it has a surface skimmer and a mechanical filter pad, I'm a filter freak. More the better in my book.

 

[Glabe]

Now that the filter issue is fixed, aim a power head through some PVC pipe and give that guy a real challenge!

 

[67chevelle]

Yep, though it's largely a gimmick. The water flow is much too high to do anything beyond *possibly* nuking free floating algae.

Yeah, that UV is questionable but you can control the flow to a trickle if one wants.

Then you can slow it down so it will take care of bacterial infections if needed as well. Nothing gimmicky about that.

 

[authmal]

You can, but the flow rate needed to take care of bacterial infections is typically lower than their filters actually get to. Then again, I was primarily looking at their canisters, since I have the CF400UV, and not their HOBs.

 

[67chevelle]

I had never seen a HOB with a UV in it either. But it seems as if this one could handle bacteria. I see how it looks like a gimmick, but I think this one may actually work. All in all, I think a UV is an unnecessary investment. I have used them. And find if you keep up with water changes, and quarantine any new fish before putting them in a community tank, I don't see the need for them. I sold mine awhile ago and don't regret it at all.

Looks like I completely derailed this thread :duh: