Help in preventing BTA from getting suck up in powerhead???

[x_walton]

I recently purchased a BTA and was wondering if anyone of anything that i could do that would prevent it from getting sucked up in my powerhead???

 

[dakota9]

What type of powerhead you have? How big a tank?

Wrapping a powerhead in filter cloth works on koralia pumps, but reduces the flow.

On my next tank, I'm either going to spray paint a colander black and put that over the powerheard, or

I'm going to put a false wall on back of the tank (think sump area of a nano tank), and just stick the discharge of the pump through, which should be ultra safe.......

 

[acroholic]

Wrap the outside of the PH in an open cell type sponge. Good luck. Same thing happened to me the first night I had my RBTA.

 

[x_walton]

Its a maxi jet with a mod kit on it....um...the tank is 55G

 

[notireef]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWiBps7GPC0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWiBps7GPC0</a>

Maxi jet sure flow shroud video. Pretty easy :)
Hope that helps!!

 

[linda lee]

You can find some ideas here:

 

[dakota9]

NotiReef;352283 wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWiBps7GPC0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWiBps7GPC0</a>

Maxi jet sure flow shroud video. Pretty easy :)
Hope that helps!![/QUOTE]


Wow, I watched most of that vid........ 6 minute video to demonstrate mesh and zip ties over the impeller housing. I think 3 pics could have done it. :D

That would certainly keep the nem's foot safe, but concerned the tenticles would still go through the vegematic.......

 

[notireef]

Anything smaller than a gutter guard and the flow of the powerhead will be affected...right?
I liked the idea in the link that Linda posted...with the plastic filter material...again concerned about the flow and would have to clean gunk off it a lot more.