My Undergravel Filter Quit

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Subject Author Date My Undergravel Filter Quit L u 03-14-2008  Re: My Undergravel Filter Quit L u 03-15-2008  Re: My Undergravel Filter Quit ExPat 03-15-2008  Re: My Undergravel Filter Quit...Pat L u 03-15-2008  Re: My Undergravel Filter Quit...Pat ExPat 03-16-2008
Posted by L u on March 14, 2008, 8:39 pm Please log in for more thread options Maybe it's clogged. Posted by L u on March 15, 2008, 12:49 am Please log in for more thread options It's up and running again. But I would never use an undergravel filter again. Too much work with gravel getting in the way. Posted by ExPat on March 15, 2008, 7:56 pm Please log in for more thread options On Mar 14, 11:49=A0pm, Romanta...@webtv.net (L u) wrote: > It's up and running again. But I would never use an undergravel filter > again. Too much work with gravel getting in the way. PItch that undergravel waste of time and buy a decent hang onthe back filter. How do you use charcoal if necessary with the undergravel filter or other odds and ends.......They are inept at providing clear water 99% of the time. They can be a good filter but not meant for beginers, as they can create a lot of problems Posted by L u on March 15, 2008, 10:35 pm Please log in for more thread options Both of the filters are Undergravels. One seems much more powerful, though. The guy in the Pet Shop said he's never had a problem with them. I didn't know they weren't for beginners. Posted by ExPat on March 16, 2008, 8:01 pm Please log in for more thread options On Mar 15, 9:35=A0pm, Romanta...@webtv.net (L u) wrote: > Both of the filters are Undergravels. One seems much more powerful, > though. The guy in the Pet Shop said he's never had a problem with them. > I didn't know they weren't for beginners. Its not so much theyb are not really a good starting filter for beginers, its just that they require a much more degree of understanding and monitoring than a common hang on the back filter like say a Penguin or Aqua Clear does, and the hang on back filters do a ot more with a lot less chance of creating a problem a lot of foks will most likely miss and wind up with dead or sick fish.......expecially if water changes and tests are not done as required. hob types just filter and make cleaner water overall than any UGF does and they do a better job at doing it. UGF are not very popular anymore these days as they were once 15 or so years ago, and there is a reason for that popularity decline.