--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL
>Quoth Wade Hedgren regarding NANFA-- Local Park Aquarium:
>
> >
> > Right now they have a UGF with 2 powerheads as the only filtration.
> > So... I would like to open up the debate again... "to UGF or to not
> > UGF".
>
>Sh*t-can the UGF. I abandoned these years back because you
>cannot use enriched substrata (conducive to plant growth) with a
>UGF. Also, fry tend to get sucked under the plates. And they're
>just plain ugly. For small tanks I use Penguin filters with biowheels.
>For large tanks (55gal +) go with fluidized bed.
>
>
>
>
>Prost,
>
>Martin
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