Lufbramatt
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I'm in the process of setting up an old tank that my dad gave me, I'm planning on re-sealing it at the weekend with the intention of setting it up over easter, so it gives me a few weeks to get everything together.
My dad insists that he always used undergravel filters for years without any issues, but this method of filtration seems to have completely fallen out of fashion. I was planning in getting something like an Eheim classic exeternal as they seem good value for money and i hate the look of an internal filter in the corner of the tank, but is it worth installing an undergravel filter with a powerhead as a backup and to help the water circulation in the tank? Can you even still get hold of the filter plates?
It seems to me that a spraybar returning the water to the tank wont add a lot of "current" to the water in the tank, so an additional powerhead in the tank might help this?
My dad insists that he always used undergravel filters for years without any issues, but this method of filtration seems to have completely fallen out of fashion. I was planning in getting something like an Eheim classic exeternal as they seem good value for money and i hate the look of an internal filter in the corner of the tank, but is it worth installing an undergravel filter with a powerhead as a backup and to help the water circulation in the tank? Can you even still get hold of the filter plates?
It seems to me that a spraybar returning the water to the tank wont add a lot of "current" to the water in the tank, so an additional powerhead in the tank might help this?