Yes I cycled it first. The one jelly that was in good shape on arrival is getting very big. The on the came split in half shrank and disappeared and the one that came a little torn made it a few months but slowly shrank away and never seemed to eat right regardless of what I tried. The one that is left is happy to just eat the dried food so he gets that 1-2 times a day with other treats thrown in.
When I got the Jellies 1 was in 2 parts and did not last too long, one kept getting stuck to the filter and seemed to get damaged but lasted a few months and one is still alive and is huge... To be honest I do not think 3 full sized ones would fit very well in the tank.
Care to elaborate on the modification? I actually have the tank myself that I bought on a whim and I have the voucher as well. Right now I'm currently going through cycling, but I was also worrying about them getting caught up in the vents. All I have for now is the sponge blocking it, but past that, no other precautions set in place. Water flow is just right as well.
I Did this and it helped a lot, I also put it on a timer to turn off for 1 minute every couple hours over night just to release any that may have been stuckI found a post where someone with the similar looking jellyfish art model took a 7 mesh like the one below:
and then cut it to fit under the flow bar and attach it by placing 4 suction cups and pressing it tight to the back filter.
I tried this and the results were terrible:
this stopped pretty much all flow from the return bar and 2 jellyfish got stuck almost immediately.
Just out of curiosity there is actually a slot that goes behind the filter and I already had the mesh so I cut it to fit into that slot:
So far this has actually worked!!
There is about enough room for 3 pieces of this to fit snug but when I did this the water started overflowing the top into the back chamber and I almost lot a jelly.
After installing this I had to adjust the pump once again and turn it up a little higher but so far it seems to be working!!!
I will keep you all updated with if this works or not.
When they were stuck they seemed to get stuck all the time but I put some mesh into the back chamber as above, and for a while I had a timer that would shut off for 1 hour every couple hours over night to release ones that were stuck. I also ordered a longer turkey baster that can reach the bottom to suck up extra food without getting my hands wet
This is the turkey baster thing that works perfect for this tank....This thing is awesome for this tank, the one that came with it I had to put my hand in the water with this one I can reach the bottom and stay out of the water all together, it also has a slower suction so I can clean up a greater percentage of the bottom at one time:
Fluval 3-In-1 Waste Remover/Feeder - 17"
I got this on sale at bigalspets for 3.99 I actually bought 2 of them since I have a few other smaller tanks and it is just long enough to reach the bottom of the other ones as well.
