Clown in Overflow

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I am posting this for anyone that has a new biocube. My clownfish like to sleep at the top of the back wall. Well...last night he must have gotten to close to the return sump and fell in:squigglemouth:. I haven't caught him yet, but I need to go and get a net. Anyway, this isn't the first creature to flow over that area. Numerous snails have found their way down, but not back up. I will be getting some screen or something and placing over the hole. Just wanted to give a heads up to any newbies to biocubes out there.

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Yep that happened to me one time. I was like hey where did my clown go one day and i opened it up to look back there and he was just chilling there.
 
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Well. The amount od poop back there was gross. I even just cleaned it thoroughly a month ago. I need to find a way to keep the crap, no pun intended, out of there.

BTW...the stupid fish did it again. With the holidays I haven't had a chance to fis the problem yet.
 

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I like to siphon water out of the overflow when I do waterchanges.. keeps everything in check. I also leave a couple snails there too, as mine allowed light to enter.

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i used black gutterguard to cover the teeth of my overflow. works like a charm and blends in. i zip tied it in case i want to remove it later.
 

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Next time he ends up in there, bait the hook and fish him out. Maybe the trauma of being hooked will learn him to stay outta there? :squigglemouth:
 

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