What's The Deal With Under Gravel Filters?

Power Flow Undergravel Filters - Ward's Science

How do you remove settled wastes from the gravel in your aquarium? Use these powerful undergravel filters to keep your aquarium water sparkling clean.

Should we go back to an undergravel filter? - Practical Fishkeeping

Siphoning the surface periodically should remove solid waste, and if done regularly, the risk of the gravel becoming thick with detritus can be avoided for the ...

undergravel filter - MonsterFishKeepers.com

1 regular gravel vaccing a must,so that rules out live plants in the substrate. ... Have been using undergravel filters on unplanted show tanks ...

Whatever happened to Under Gravel Filters - UK Aquatic Plant Society

The theory being that like a sewage works the gravel bed acted as a huge surface area bacterial bed - the problem being in a heavy use setup ( if neglected ) ...

What really happened to the under-gravel filter? Why did it fall out of ...

What really happened to the under-gravel filter? Why did it fall out of favor? andyashtray • 5 hours ago Hey Dr novak the audio sounds great ...

undergravel=skimmer???? - Living Reefs

A skimmer physically removes the waste from the water, while an undergravel filter just locks it under the gravel where it can rot while the ...

Gravel....AND who uses undergravel filters? - Turtle Forum

I have used gravel and have never had a problem with it. I, mostly, use sand now. I have used undergravels WITH my other filter. I always ...

Gravel Filter Kit - AquaSprouts

Undergravel filters use the gravel itself as a filter medium, drawing water down through the gravel bed and collecting wastes and debris in an open space ...

Deep Sand Bed with Undergravel Filter? | Reef2Reef

I'm not sure if it would harmful or helpful, I just know that the purpose of a DSB is the provide a place where anaerobic (oxygen free) nitrogen ...

Under Gravel Filter | Think Fish Tropical Aquarium Forum

I had an undergravel filter in one of my previous tanks. I ran it in reverse flow mode using power heads to push the water up through the gravel ...

Under sand Filter? - Reef Central Online Community

The theory behind undergravel filters is quite sound. I have used well over 100 of these. They have problems, such as when media does actually ...

under gravel filter vs. other - Aquarium Forum

UGF's are very effective at what they do and that is converting food and waste to nitrate the problem comes in with the maintanance of them. I ...

Do I need to use undergravel filters for discus? - SimplyDiscus Forum

IME undergravel filters allow all kinds of crap to eventually find it's way under the plate and then water quality becomes much more difficult ...

cloudy water undergravel filter - Fish Forums

Sorry but undergravel filters are horrible. They trap the food and stuff at the bottom and it's hard to clean. Just my opinion. Right now if ...

undergravel filters | Cichlid Fish Forum

Undergravel filters do work. Original designs from the 1960's had a plenum, a layer of foam that was the filter, and a thin topping of gravel.

under gravel filter | Tortoise Forum

In side-by-side long term experiments, tanks with UG filters are cleaner looking, have better water quality, and withstand changes in bio-load ...

Plants with Undergravel Filter? | Aquatic Plant Forum

The more I got into growing plants the more I knew the UGF had to go. It was the maintenance. The gravel kept the NO3 levels high so it was a ...

Combine a Sponge Filter with an Undergravel Filter?

Sponge filters work by using air flow to pull water though the sponge. Placing the sponge in the way of the air (as in your drawing) simply will ...

My undergravel filter isn't getting anything! - MonsterFishKeepers.com

so your problem is that it's doing exactly what it's supposed to? an undergravel filter pulls detritus from the water down into the gravel.

A New Look To Undergravel Filters - YouTube

I have used UG filters ever since. With occasional 30% water change I have never had a problem. The plants grow fantastically, the fish do ...