Surface water tension(?)

[Suzie-Q]

I think that's what it's called: water tension.

Anyway, my male betta is in a 10 gallon tank. The water filter causes
too much surface water movement, imho. I think it's too much because when
I feed him his freeze-dried bloodworms, they go everywhere. Some even
get pulled to the filter and the flowing water causes them to sink.

Is there something I can do to slow down the water movement? The filter
doesn't have any sort of control on it to change the speed of the water
going through.

Thanks in advance,
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[spiral_72]

Yea, it's not unusual to have to turn off the filter for a few minutes
while the fishie eat.

[Suzie-Q]

In article . com>,
"spiral_72" > wrote:

-> Yea, it's not unusual to have to turn off the filter for a few minutes
-> while the fishie eat.


Doh! I shuda thoughta that. Senior moment :-(
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[Gill Passman]

Suzie-Q wrote:
> In article . com>,
> "spiral_72" > wrote:
>
> -> Yea, it's not unusual to have to turn off the filter for a few minutes
> -> while the fishie eat.
>
>
> Doh! I shuda thoughta that. Senior moment :-(


I never turn the filter off when feeding...senior moment - I forget to
put it back on again :-(

Depending on the tank or the fish I either feed into the filter, away
from the filter (my bettas in their 5 galls) or a mixture (a spread
across the tank) or just plain hand feed which is great fun :-)

Gill

[NetMax]

"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
.. .
> Suzie-Q wrote:
>> In article . com>,
>> "spiral_72" > wrote:
>>
>> -> Yea, it's not unusual to have to turn off the filter for a few minutes
>> -> while the fishie eat.
>>
>>
>> Doh! I shuda thoughta that. Senior moment :-(
>
>
> I never turn the filter off when feeding...senior moment - I forget to put
> it back on again :-(
>
> Depending on the tank or the fish I either feed into the filter, away from
> the filter (my bettas in their 5 galls) or a mixture (a spread across the
> tank) or just plain hand feed which is great fun :-)
>
> Gill

Feeding rings can also be an option. Floating ring held to the glass with a
suction cup.
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