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You'll be glad to hear: I talked with a local guru. He said to take out the UGF, but agreed that it might be an interesting experiment to try the thru-flow idea. Well, as I was messing with the UGF, taking out most all of my substrate, I decided to do a flow test on my AquaClear 50 Reverse...

I just finished reading a couple articles that discussed reversed flow undergravel filters. Concensus seems to be that they don't work as well as theory would suggest; that the flow through them is not really enough to stop the downward creep of nasty stuff and eventual clogging. One person...

Here I am part way through the cycle, and I don't know if I should keep things as they are, or fix them now before I have too much cycling time invested and too much live stock to make a transition easy. Yes, I've been reading. A local reef guy says to tear out the undergravel filter and...

Hello, Like many people, I did the impulsive thing. I bought a tank at Petco for SW use, before doing research, or finding the local gurus. So, now I have a setup which I hope is slightly better than the average bloke in my situation. 26gal bow tank Undergravel Filter with 60lbs...