Odd Filter Idea

[Ben]

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone had ever hooked up an overhanging powerfilter
to an undergravel filter? I notice that after I have my tank set up for
a while, lots of mulm accumulates under the UGF's bed. (Again, this is
expected and wanted). So every other water change I do, I pull out one
of the extra cap, put the syphon over the hole and suck out as much of
the crap (no pun intended) as I can remove. This works well enough that
I don't mind doing it.

All that being said, I noticed that my Aquaclear 500 is almost exactly
above on of the UGF's tube opening which made me think. Would it be a
good idea to link them. The positives I see is that it would remove
much mulm from the bottom and since it's constant, it won't have time to
build up. The downsides I see are that I have to change the filters
more often this way.

Does anyone see any other negative or positives about this? And/or has
anyone done this before?

TIA
-Ben

[richard reynolds]

its been done before search groups.gogole.com for RUGF (generally) there better than
UGF's, I dont recall but i think there a bad idea in planted tanks. either search or wait
for someone to jump in if I am wrong.

Ben > wrote in message ...
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had ever hooked up an overhanging powerfilter
> to an undergravel filter? I notice that after I have my tank set up for
> a while, lots of mulm accumulates under the UGF's bed. (Again, this is
> expected and wanted). So every other water change I do, I pull out one
> of the extra cap, put the syphon over the hole and suck out as much of
> the crap (no pun intended) as I can remove. This works well enough that
> I don't mind doing it.
>
> All that being said, I noticed that my Aquaclear 500 is almost exactly
> above on of the UGF's tube opening which made me think. Would it be a
> good idea to link them. The positives I see is that it would remove
> much mulm from the bottom and since it's constant, it won't have time to
> build up. The downsides I see are that I have to change the filters
> more often this way.
>
> Does anyone see any other negative or positives about this? And/or has
> anyone done this before?
>
> TIA
> -Ben
--
richard reynolds

[Loz]

I have done this before and it worked great. Although it was a DIY
undergravel. I just siliconed a small length of flexible tubing to a Whisper
and the undergravel. I did this because I had a spare whisper and also to
increase the effectiveness of the UG. I got around the plant problem by only
having the UG plate about 2/3 the size of the tank, thus leaving a column
down either side and the back where I could plant. I also had a carpet of
java moss and java ferm attached to driftwood.
HTH Laurie

"Ben" > wrote in message
...
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if anyone had ever hooked up an overhanging powerfilter
> to an undergravel filter? I notice that after I have my tank set up for
> a while, lots of mulm accumulates under the UGF's bed. (Again, this is
> expected and wanted). So every other water change I do, I pull out one
> of the extra cap, put the syphon over the hole and suck out as much of
> the crap (no pun intended) as I can remove. This works well enough that
> I don't mind doing it.
>
> All that being said, I noticed that my Aquaclear 500 is almost exactly
> above on of the UGF's tube opening which made me think. Would it be a
> good idea to link them. The positives I see is that it would remove
> much mulm from the bottom and since it's constant, it won't have time to
> build up. The downsides I see are that I have to change the filters
> more often this way.
>
> Does anyone see any other negative or positives about this? And/or has
> anyone done this before?
>
> TIA
> -Ben
>