1 Minute Diy Floating Item Catcher

[720510]

As a newbie I would be open to other suggestions, but I tried this out and it works really, really well.

I noticed that after cleaning the glass, gravel and generally doing water changes, there's always a few items floating about the tank. Also, till I've done any CO2 in the tank, my plants were loosing bits of leaves which were also floating around.

So I simply took my small net, bent the handle and hung it in the water near the outlet of my internal filter. This way, it's in the path of the flow and all debris gets caught in there. It really works like a charm, pic below. I left if for 24 hours and it was full of stuff ... and my tank is nicely clean now.

I now put it in for short period right after tank cleaning. At first I was a little worried that some of the (especially smaller) fish might get caught in it but that never happened. In fact, some of them go in there to peck on food caught up in there, and happilly swim out.


I use my exterior / interior magnet swipe to keep the handle at the right angle.

Comments ?

Cheers
Riaan
Ipswich
Suffolk
GB

 

[Zafirah]

Wow thats really smart. Thats also good that the fish go in there, so their used to the net and if you need to catch them on emergency you can

 

[kewskills]

thats a great idea.

 

[jgray152]

ya it works really good, I have done it a few times. The trick is to get it to stay there

 

[Colonel Mustard]

i have also tried geting a larger net and then taking the net off the frame and attaching it to either side of the tank with a beam rod through the top to give it structureit works well and you can take it off and clean it easily

 

[Danno]

Try a brine shrimp net. It is finer.

 

[Rooster]

Thought everyone did this ? .... its the only way to get rid of duckweed too, and keep your sanity !

 

[720510]

Thought everyone did this ? .... its the only way to get rid of duckweed too, and keep your sanity !

Ha, as I said, newbie here. I like the bit about keeping your sanity. So true.