How an RBTA ruined my Monday

[WarDaddy]

Clone and everyone are just fine. She ate some silverside last night, happy camper. I put an additional rock in, got her closer to the surface, she has not moved since.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7377084#post7377084 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Anemone
Sorry Bryan. I put foam blocks (actually cylinders) over intakes - it keeps a clone from being able to completely block the water flow.

So, how's the clone?

Kevin

 

[So Cal shaggy]

Wardaddy, sorry to hear that I had a similiar situation earlier this year with a long tentacle. I came up with a simple solution I have a plate with holes drilled all over it in the bottom of my overflow that acts as a strainer but it sits right on top of the outflow pipe so if anything the same size as the pipe comes to rest on the plate it blocks the overflow so what I did was cut some pieces of PVC pipe and attach them to the plate to suspend it off the outflow pipe so it still acts as a strainer but if something sits on topof it the water can still flow through it.