On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:15:50 -0700, xbit " " wrote:
Don't ditch your power heads. You may still need then to create water
movement.

I have a 125 g tank and 2 fluva cannister filters, 304 and 404. I
still need one power head to move the water around. One thing I find
out is that they do make noise, not much but you can hear them.
Another is that there are some fine particles in the water that
floating around all the time. I added some fine moss and it is getting
better.

I think the best filter I had was magnum 350. It is very quite and
easy to replace the filters too. I would suggest you have 3 or 4 of
them and nothing else. Maybe few power heads to move the water around.
You will be really happy about the amost nothing noise level and easy
to care set up. I would use smaller power heads (designed to 10 to 20
g through put) because the bigger ones create noise.

I wish I did check with the group before I set up mine tank. It is too
late now because the tank is too close to the wall to have the magnum
350!

Hmm, I might have just answered my own question on why not use a UGF. I
just ran into an article that has quite a few interesting thoughts on
filtration including the UGF. I was google'ing "trickle filter" and
found the following:

http://www.akca.org/library/trickle.htm




xbit wrote:
The filtration I plan on using is:

1) 2 AquaClear 110's
2) 1 magnum 350 pro w/ two bio-wheels
3) UGF w/ 6 sponged penguin powerheads

I've always had really good luck w/ the UGF. All I've ever really needed
to do is gravel vac it once or twice a month.

Your thoughts on the UGF would be helpfull. I've yet to "add water"
so now is the time.





Please tell me you are not really going to use UGF! You will have to
really clena them up in 2 years. They are really good for the first
few years. After that, you will have to make sure you can clean it up.