I have the Whisper Internal 3i filter on my 5 gallon tank with a male betta and two corydora catfish. However, today is the 3rd time I found my betta's fins torn up and I know it is because he got caught in the filter intake again.
This is not a very powerful filter, and I think it is the smallest possible filter I could get that would work decently in a 5 gallon tank. I put some fake plans just under the intake but he still manages to get himself caught in there sometimes. I don't know what else to do, if I block the intake anymore than it is I'm afraid the filter wont be much use for cleaning the water.
Any ideas?
Edit -- I was reading through some old threads and found a post recommending filter foam - I'll see if I can try some of that.
This is not a very powerful filter, and I think it is the smallest possible filter I could get that would work decently in a 5 gallon tank. I put some fake plans just under the intake but he still manages to get himself caught in there sometimes. I don't know what else to do, if I block the intake anymore than it is I'm afraid the filter wont be much use for cleaning the water.
Any ideas?
Edit -- I was reading through some old threads and found a post recommending filter foam - I'll see if I can try some of that.
and put the filter in and type the stocking up. Thats what i did for FRY because i never had a foam filter at the time.
