Undergravel Filter

[houie925]

UGF flowing in standard fashion may be old school but it certainly got the job done. My tank as a teenager was horribly overstocked, under-maintained, and ran with nothing but air driven UGF for years without issue.

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[lp85253]

they seem to work well , but unless I could do ODDBALLS setup .. I would go sponge filter instead

 

[Ensorcelled]

A link from the 70s? Sorry, it's called a book.

Fish and Invertebrate Culture 'Water Management in Closed Systems'; Dr Stephen Spotte; Wiley-Interscience Publishing (ISBN: 0 471 02306-X).

I'm sorry, I had no idea who the guy was and it was from the 70's. I don't know why you felt the need to be a smartass, but thanks for the link...I guess.

 

[Oddball]

Wasn't trying to be anything except informative. Figured the 'old school' and 'decades' references would have dated the subject matter. Sometimes I fail to consider just how long I've been in this hobby compared to others.

 

[Ensorcelled]

Wasn't trying to be anything except informative. Figured the 'old school' and 'decades' references would have dated the subject matter. Sometimes I fail to consider just how long I've been in this hobby compared to others.

Well I apologize, I guess I got the wrong feeling from your post. Regardless, I do appreciate the book info. Like I've said before, I've been in the hobby 10 years and never really fully understood the falling out of UGF's. Hell, I remember when I was younger (around 7) my parents had a tank that was heavily overstocked, overfed, and only ran on an air powered UGF with no problems. With that being said, you can see my interest in "old" methods as they definitely worked back then, and still do today. I just want a greater understanding is all.

 

[Oddball]

There are some great references out there for 'old school' fishkeeping methods. One of the book I routinely referenced was Martin Moe's Marine Aquarium Reference. In it he gives the theory behind all of the tools we use in the hobby along with DIY info on making your own devices.

 

[Ensorcelled]

Thanks for passing along this info, Oddball. I will have to check these out for sure.

 

[Oddball]

Another awesome reference is this 2-book set called; For What It's Worth by Freshwater and Marine Aquarium magazine (now out of business). Since FAMA began in 1978, they had a recurring section in their magazine dedicated to readers writing in their DIY projects. Winners of the monthly column won a subscription and had their project published. The 2-book set is a compliation of all the monthly DIY projects from 1978 to 2008. The book has no ISBN. It was published in 1986 by R/C Modeler Corporation.