Inverts in your Filter

mec102778 · 02-23-2011, 04:19 PM

Ok so someone on FB replied to a post of mine noting they use to keep red crabs and crayfish in their filters. Has anyone tried this or currently doing this?

Gizmo · 02-23-2011, 04:47 PM

Don't ask me how, but before I put a prefilter on my AC50 some of my RCS that got sucked up made it into the filter housing. I used to find one or two in there every week. They seemed just fine.

Why would you want to keep them in there though? Any reason? They do a better job of cleaning the bottom of your tank, in my opinion. Also, they are cool to watch, which in a filter you can't really do.

mec102778 · 02-23-2011, 05:09 PM

I made a comment about wanting an invert to go in my cichlid tank cause they just look cool and would add that little extra "OOOO lets see what's happening in the tank now." to the setup.

James0816 · 02-24-2011, 09:37 AM

Not sure why anyone would specifically "want" to keep any in their filters .... unless it's a sump used as a refug maybe??

I just recently rescued about 20 or so Blue Pearls from the HOB. That was before I put the pre-filter on it. The strainer was always clogged with Duckweed so I never paid much attention to it.

mec102778 · 02-24-2011, 12:52 PM

Yeah he said it would clean the filter by eating the stuff caught by it. I wanted to be able to see them and enjoy them so I have no idea why I would put them in there.

02-23-2011, 04:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
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02-23-2011, 04:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
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02-23-2011, 05:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
mec102778 ADV TankSeperationAnxity mec102778's Photo Gallery Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,442 Name: Mike Location: Lorton, VA My location Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 536 Times Said "Thanks" 246 Times Was Thanked 299 Times in 281 Posts	Re: Inverts in your Filter I made a comment about wanting an invert to go in my cichlid tank cause they just look cool and would add that little extra "OOOO lets see what's happening in the tank now." to the setup. __________________ 100G->African Cichlids:Kribensis-2,Bumblebee-2,Red Zebra-2,Elec. Yel. Labi.-2, Acei-2, Elec. Blu. Johanni-2,Peacocks-2 / Community: Australian Rainbow-3,Turquoise Rainbow-4,Dalmatian Mollies-2,white molly-1,Dojo Loaches-1/Cleaners:Chinese Algea Eaters-5/Murderers: Dinosaur Bichir-1And lots of other tanks,2-Gourims,6-Rams,1-Arrowanna,6-FW Flounder,1-Farlowella CF, 1-Spiney Eel

02-24-2011, 09:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
James0816 James0816's Photo Gallery Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,455 Feedback: 13 / 100% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 34 Times Was Thanked 526 Times in 454 Posts	Re: Inverts in your Filter Not sure why anyone would specifically "want" to keep any in their filters .... unless it's a sump used as a refug maybe?? I just recently rescued about 20 or so Blue Pearls from the HOB. That was before I put the pre-filter on it. The strainer was always clogged with Duckweed so I never paid much attention to it.

02-24-2011, 12:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
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