GNATs

[mrairportjunke]

Hey do yall have a problem with gnats hatchin out and being all over the inside of your tank lids?  I keep my lids fairly clean but i notice that I have tons of dead gnats on the window seal behind one of my tanks, and on my others i find gnats in some window seals around them.  i have tried like hell to figure out how to get rid of them and they still appear.  do yall have this problem??

[eklikewhoa]

Re: GNATs

I have really aggressive surface agitation so whatever makes it in there usually gets filtered through or the fish eat it.

[mrairportjunke]

Re: GNATs

how do you get really aggressive surfice aggitation?  mine is pretty good. i have airstones in all my tanks and the hang on the backs mix it up good.  what else do you do?

[J-WS6]

Re: GNATs

There are multiple ways, but i wouldn't really consider an air stone to cause aggressive surface agitation. You could put a power head in there and mount it closer to the top of the tank. Or, if you're in the market for a new HOB filter you could put an Aquaclear on there which always provide good surface agitation.

[eklikewhoa]

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My 135g.....800gph Eheim hobby pump(return for wet/dry) pointed at surface, also has overflow box
                350gph Rena xp3 spray bar level with water surface
                350gph Magnum 350...nozzle pointed to opposite side of tank
                295pgh x2 Maxi-jet 1200 one pointed to surface other along the surface

125g..........1200gph Mag12 pump(return from wet/dry) dual outlets pointed right belowsurface with dual overflow box
                350gph Rena xp3...spray bar pointed to surface
                270gph Eheim 2228 spray bar pointed long ways of the tank
                230gph x2 Maxi-jet 900 pointed to the water surface

20g............116gph Eheim 2213
                90gph Mini Tunze knock-off
                200gph....soon to be fragglereef nano powerhead

12g............230gph Maxi-jet900 return pump from falsewall overflow
                260pgh Nano Koralia powerhead

5g..............80gph Eheim 2211
                90gph Tunze knock-off

[mrairportjunke]

Re: GNATs

i have an aquaclear on all my tanks.  and big air stones the long bar ones.  they move the surface like nobodys business. they are very aggressive to the surface.  what do yall do when you feed with the powerheads though.  i had a powerhead at the surface for awhile.  but the gnats where still there and feeding was impossible unless i unpluged it.

[eklikewhoa]

Re: GNATs

Well gnats come from decaying fruits or plants right? I don't eat much fruit, what I do eat I like cold and plants stay outside.

[J-WS6]

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is your water topped off all the way? like all the way above the bottom of the trim? that will produce a little more agitation.

[mrairportjunke]

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yeah. i keep it to the trim so u dont see a water line.  and no plants in this house.  hell i cant keep my grass alive much less a plant. lol.  and fruit and stuff is all in icebox.  i know they comin form the tank cuase i get them on the inside of my lids real bad, but i just wanna konw how to combat the problem.

[loopy119]

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Bug Spray... J/K  :wink:

Rebekah

[PhishPhreek]

Re: GNATs

my fruit fry cultures get loose some times and take over my microworm cutures.  
I use the sticky roll of fly paper available at most dolar stores.

[mrairportjunke]

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lol.  yeah. i whip my lids down every few days to kill the eggs adn stuff they lay