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Eric's 125 build.

I’m a little late to this but glad the box fish is alive. I hear stories of them nuking a tank when stressed. Sounds like getting stuck in a drain would do this. Doesn’t look like anything bad happened. I wanted to get a pair for my tank but I worry about them releasing toxins. Any thoughts?
 
gmdcdvm said:
I’m a little late to this but glad the box fish is alive. I hear stories of them nuking a tank when stressed. Sounds like getting stuck in a drain would do this. Doesn’t look like anything bad happened. I wanted to get a pair for my tank but I worry about them releasing toxins. Any thoughts?
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If you want to have any snails dont get one.
 
Srt4eric said:
I have a cone shaped strainer. If I had a flat one it would of completely clogged months ago
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Just curious as to why you use a strainer for your main drain pipe. Are snails and fish getting through you weir? Even if they did get through and completely clog your main drain, isn't that what's the secondary and tertiary drains are for until you can open and clear out the main drain? And wouldn't all the gunk going down the down be filtered out by your sump mechanical filtration (if you have it) anyway? I guess I don't see the benefit and the extra maintenance that strainer brings.
 
RandyC said:
Just curious as to why you use a strainer for your main drain pipe. Are snails and fish getting through you weir? Even if they did get through and completely clog your main drain, isn't that what's the secondary and tertiary drains are for until you can open and clear out the main drain? And wouldn't all the gunk going down the down be filtered out by your sump mechanical filtration (if you have it) anyway? I guess I don't see the benefit and the extra maintenance that strainer brings.
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It came with the tank and I never removed it when I set it up. I run 1.5" drains so I'm not worried about a snail clogging them.
 
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