small fish protection

[Europhyllia]

I like tiny fish but I have a big tank -with big powerheads.
I'd like to add a few more tiny fish (thinking of Trimma Gobies) but am wondering if I should do something to my Rio Seio 1500?

Any thoughts?

[corruption]

How close to the bottom of the tank does your Seio reside? In my experience, fish are usually fine with most circulation devices -- its motile Cnidarians and octopii that are more usually of concern (Anemones and such)..

If a clown goby can avoid a powerhead, I'm sure a Trimma goby would be fine :)

-Corruption

[justahobby]

I truly believe fish, like all animals, adapt. Getting knocked around a few times may happen just so long as they have the capacity to avoid it. Seahorses, pipefish, anemones, octopi cannot.

[corruption]

aha! Seahorses and pipefish! I knew I was forgetting some obvious ones -- still waking up over here :bigsmile:

-Corruption

[Gseclipse02]

i think ace made a cover for the seio's before

[Europhyllia]

i think ace made a cover for the seio's before
Why does that not surprise me... :lauging:

It's not the getting knocked around by the flow that worries me, it's the getting sucked into the pump and spewed out by the impeller I fear. :what_smile:

[ErikH]

I believe all seios have a shroud which would be pretty hard for anything but maybe a filefish or glass cardinal to get through. My old ones, you could turn the shroud to make the inlet holes larger or smaller. Not sure about yours though, but I am assuming they are the same.