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questions about prefilter sponges and baffling flow

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#1 ·
Hey so I got a filter today... It's the tetra whisper pf10

It's really nice for the price and I have one in my 10 gallon and the flow is perfect in there. So now I have a 5 gallon for my betta and I was having trouble finding a good 5 gallon one. I've heard mixed results with the internal tetra filters.

Only probably with this one is it's probably too big for the tank. I need a gentle current for my halfmoon. Could I just stuff in with media like floss or something? Also I'm not sure what to use as a prefilter (Because his fins get sucked into it right now) I got a 'imagitarium replacement filter sponge' but I might return it because it's very coarse and looks more like plastic than sponge. All the sponges cost like, 5 bucks at the least. I've heard from people they can easily find like a 2 dollar sponge to use at their LFS but all I have anywhere near me is petco and petsmart.

Any advice/tips? Thank you much in advance!

Really eager to figure something out so I can get this little guy's ripped fins to heal!
 
#2 ·
you can wrap the intake with a layer or 2 of pantyhose or something similiar,I got some small nylon gift bags @ local $ store with a draw string & works good on a whisper 10 in my shrimp tank.
to many layers how ever will restrict the flow very quickly for you will be doing most of the filtering @ the intake port rather than in the filter housing.
you could for the time being slip your dip net over the suction & tie it off untill you find something suitable.
 
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