The latest process - 25/7/13 (pics)
Soooo... turns out that I'm bad at remembering to take her out of the container, too *blush* (Les calls me the "Moth" for a reason - easily distracted LOL)
So I threw this together! It's just some 60 or 70mm PVC with some 75micron mesh held on the bottom with an elastic band. Fortunately for me, we have LR in our sump beneath off of that Calupera, so I'm able to sit Sunny's container at just the right height next to the baffle so that she benefits from the flow. But this could be achieved easily with a simple frag rack (some egg crate and suction cups).
By sitting the pipe against the baffle, it gets constant, gentle flow which alleviates all need for the airstone. And if I feed the ponies in the display 10mins or so before, when I get to Sunny, she's already out and waving around in the water :D
When it comes to cleaning, every other day I move her pipe lower down in the sump to allow the pods (and one of our Blood Shrimp!) to get in there and eat any scraps.
Touch wood, this method seems to be working really, really well! So enjoy!
So I threw this together! It's just some 60 or 70mm PVC with some 75micron mesh held on the bottom with an elastic band. Fortunately for me, we have LR in our sump beneath off of that Calupera, so I'm able to sit Sunny's container at just the right height next to the baffle so that she benefits from the flow. But this could be achieved easily with a simple frag rack (some egg crate and suction cups).
By sitting the pipe against the baffle, it gets constant, gentle flow which alleviates all need for the airstone. And if I feed the ponies in the display 10mins or so before, when I get to Sunny, she's already out and waving around in the water :D
When it comes to cleaning, every other day I move her pipe lower down in the sump to allow the pods (and one of our Blood Shrimp!) to get in there and eat any scraps.
Touch wood, this method seems to be working really, really well! So enjoy!
(Yes. There's another pipe in there. That one's housing my Spaghetti Leather frags to [hopefully!] help them attach to some of the rubble in there)
