reef Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 So far the seios have killed 2 cleaners shrimps and 1 damsel. I have found that the cleaner shrimps get sucked in on the sides of the seios. Has anyone else lost any livestock this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBlog Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Don't have any seios, but... skimmer pump was making an awful racket this morning and found my lawnmower blenny jammed/smashed into my skimmer needlewheel pump. He must have jumped into the overflow and was unlucky enough to go down the pipe to the skimmer instead of the sump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 another lesson, put a stainer over your standpipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Nope, seios haven't eaten anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Nope no probs either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 If you take the adjustable strainer ring off they would? Ive seen a stream chew up anenome's tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Mine stretched a finger of a finger leather about 6 inches and stretched it out like a piece of bubble gum to suck it in. hehehe. No damage, pulled it out and it shrunk back to normal after a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelfish Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 its so sad when fish die because of the stupid equipment we use to give them the best possible life. one of my eheim compact pumps sucked up my first clownfish :oops: and all of the cats eye snails ive ever put in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 i cant see a seio doing any more or less damage to anything than a stream. they both suck a fair bit of water through - if anything in the tank is too weak or stupid to get away from the intakes, then i imagine they would get nailed no matter what the sticker on the side of the product says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 completely agree ghostface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 My shrimps moulted shells get suck in mine. They do look a bit like the shrimps. Maybe its just them and your shrimps are probably fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted February 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 i cant see a seio doing any more or less damage to anything than a stream. i believe not. I have never lost any shrimps/fish with the streams and i run far more streams than seios. The seios do tend to pull things in compared to the streams. could be more to do with the impeller design and the gaps are smaller on a seio pump unlike the stream which allows more water inside the impeller housing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 one way to settle this.... experiment bags not providing the livestock...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I have one of each in my tank no losses Although tomorrow Im putting a TS24 kit on it :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Prepare for washing machine mode, and flying corals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 you'll blow the sides off your little tank Steve :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Is that a good 24000L an hour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Yep but I might have to turn it down a bit first, might have to put a wall around my frogspawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Is that a good 24000L an hour No, it is only 24000L if they dont pulse, by turning them on/off it will reduce flow to about 16000l/h. one way to settle this.... experiment Done that , lost 3 cleaner shrimps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.