Pleco in HOB filter

[sountfc]

So I have a 15G I'm using to grow out some fry, it started building some algae so I threw in a small bristlenose 'cause lord knows I've got plenty of them. Couldn't find him yesterday, got an inkling and sure enough, he somehow managed to swim against the flow and ended up in the intake chamber of one of the two HOB filters I've got on the tank. I would love to have seen him do that!

I could leave him, but he won't eat too well in there. I guess this weekend I'll shut down the filter and get him out of there.

I had a similar situation with a dojo loach 20+ years ago. Anyone else ever had that with an HOB filter?

[barrettsline]

I've had this problem with plecos and my sons zig zag eel.

[myjohnson]

A lot of plecos are known for doing this.

Only way I got them to stop was to stop using HOBs.

[rmalford]

Not yet. I did move an HOB to an empty tank about 2 weeks ago. The HOB was out of the water for quite some time. Well, the next day I had a l144 in there and the only way he could have got there was a ride on the HOB. I was baffled a bit at first.

[dblondfemme]

(sponge over intake) It is what I use over any intake which has smallish critters...including shrimp, baby plecos and snails...which cause very loud noises with the impellar

[sountfc]

He didn't get in there through the intake, he's too big. I guess he swam upstream.

[sountfc]

Well, I guess he decided having nothing to eat wasn't the way to go. Apparently he decided to swim back out into the tank today.

[troy tucker]

I have had plecos get in to the overflow box. but the 1" pipe killed them. getting them out of the pipe... nasty....