Is an Under gravel filter a good idea?

kitbasher

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Oddball - I wish I had read this post a month ago... I just set up my 90 gallon with a reverse ugf. I never thought of adding the bonded filter media to the top of the plate, that is brilliant. I almost want to tear it down to add it now... but as wet as I got setting it up, I probably wont.
 

totius

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UG filtration works well if the water is circulated through the gravel up wards never suck through the gravel.

this way you turn the whole gravel bed in to a bio filter . your canister filters can now remove the solid wast.

much easier to clean

;):headbang2:chillpill:
 

ewurm

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I think undergravels are a pain, I use AC filters, or I recommend canisters.
 

Miles

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UGF's are a great source of biological filtration. Very dependable. However, I often recommend combining them with a HOB or Canister filter for mechanical filtration.
 
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