When I prune stem plants, the foreground etc, inevitably there ends up being a ton of tiny plant clippings, leaves
etc floating around the tank. Its a royal pain to fish it all out with a net. So, here's a solution.
Parts needed:
Powerhead
Bottle
Filter foam
Cut the bottom off the bottle and stuff the filter foam into it.
Attach the bottle to the powerhead's INTAKE.
Invert it and stick it inside your tank - just slightly below the surface.
It sucks all the debris into itself, the foam traps it, clean water exits the powerhead. In a few minutes,
your water is pristine again. The heck with that net!
I just pruned my hairgrass foreground in my 215G tank. Stuck this fella on there for 10 minutes
and it cleaned up the mess for me. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
BTW - not my idea - saw it in an old Aquajournal picture in the background.
DIy Post Trim Turbo Surface Skimmer
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Nice!
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