Lol!!!! The nylons and the screen mesh do work well. I had mesh around my intake tube when I raised tadpoles. I attached it with a black zip tie. Worked great. No babies stuck in the filter. I use it in my waterfall so my baby guppies don't get pulled in. It keeps larger debris out that the filter pads do not catch too.

Lol!!!! I was going to tease Bill about the nylons, but I can't think of a good line this morning, ha ha! I'll work on a good one :P .