Undergravel Filters

Do Undergravel Filters really work i went to petco the other day they said they are a waste of money do they really work?

 

i have heard so many things about them and i dnt really have an answer. One thing i dont get about them is how does it do a good cleaning if its under the gravel so most of the stuff would get stuck in the gravel and its impossible to get all the stuff out the gravel so wont it cause ammonia and other probolems?

 

well, i have one coz my boyfriend got it for me, it works with air pump not power head. the idea is that it blows the crap above the gravel and created good bacteria and it then nutralises the crap to be harmess or something like that .

BUT> if you reveal it, so the pebbles arent covering it, the good bacteria dies, and if you turn it off, the good bacteria dies, i also have a fluval one plus in mie to suck up the crap, but im not sore on its effectiveness, im not too impressed.

Ones with power heads are meant to be better.

 

well, i have one coz my boyfriend got it for me, it works with air pump not power head. the idea is that it blows the crap above the gravel and created good bacteria and it then nutralises the crap to be harmess or something like that .

BUT> if you reveal it, so the pebbles arent covering it, the good bacteria dies, and if you turn it off, the good bacteria dies, i also have a fluval one plus in mie to suck up the crap, but im not sore on its effectiveness, im not too impressed.

Ones with power heads are meant to be better.

 

wahoo good enough to show my dad all the bad it does!

 

btw: THANK YOU AMY!!! YOU SAVED ME!! i told my dad all you said about the filter and he decided he dsnt want it so bad so some time soon im gettin an emperor!

this one
http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=22137;category_id=1721;pcid1=2885;pcid2=

 

what is one of the best power filters out there?

 

your welcome lauren. i have my uses.

Well, i have fluvals, which do the job, and my boyfriend has n elite and a huge other filter and a fluval, neither are amazing. i have a jewel filter attached to my jewel rekord aquarium, and it very good, i mean iv had no tank probs since iv had the tank.

 

Personally, I like Cascade filters. I have 2 cansiters and 2 HOB's and never had any problems with them.

-Chelle