Tunze Nano Streams Without Covers

[Canadian]

Anyone run their Tunze Nano Streams without the grid covers over the output? They do nothing but catch unsightly debris and crack so easily that they drive me nuts. Obviously my concern would be that fish or snails might climb into them but I want to believe that at nearly 1200 GPH even a snail would be deterred from climbing in. Plus it's not like they'd get sucked in - they'd just get whacked by the spinning prop.

Whaddya think?

[poppin_fresh]

I dont run them on mine.

[ACBlinky]

Mine are cracked and I have often considered taking them off - I can't see much issue -- as you said, anything that got too close would be pushed away, not sucked in.