![]() ![]() The early affordable hob power filters were pretty weak and not reliable for a long time in my experience. This along with cleaning during water changes gave very good results. In the early days it was usually some sort of air powered hang on back (hob) filter with removable medium. I began to run some sort of other filtration along with UGF's after the initial few years of keeping aquariums. There has been good plant growth in tanks with UGF in operation. I also usually have rooted plants in a tank and have found healthy fine roots under the plates. I have broken down tanks with the UGF in operation for a few years and found little material under the filter plate. ![]() I have not used a powerhead with one, but can see how this can work and likely produce a superior flow. Once in place they do not have to be touched. ![]() I always used an air pump to drive the UGF's in my setups. They are also essentially maintance free except for the pumps that create the flow. They work well in substrate coarse enough to not fit thru the slits in the filters. I never had one fail in all the decades of use. The UGF has some strong positive points of operation with the first likely being the utter reliability. I used many of them with good results for a long time. They were the common filter for a few decades. Hello I started out using undergravel filters (UGF) over 50 years ago. ![]() Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App Just go with one of the big 3 ehiem, fluval or rena. For 8 years now I have been useing hang on the back, and canister filters. It took a few of my fish buddys about 2 years to convince me to switch to these "new" filters. But they are uncommon and not worth the time. and they were a major stepping stone in the hobby. And they are all just plug n play.įor the first 12 years I was in the hobby, filter plates were the best. Their are lots of great easy ones out their. And I am very confidant you will be much happier with a canister filter. But like it was said, these are far inferior to newer filteration units now. And then, when you do your weekly, bi weekly, whatever your schedule water changes, you vac the debris that is in the gravel. This is why it is useually ideal to use 2 or more inches of gravel over the filter plates. Well the idea is for the gravel to trap debris, and the water to flow through the slits. ![]()
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