candymancan
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hey guys question..
I have had a UGF in my 27 hex for like umm since day 1 so like 14 years now.. I never have any issues with it... never gets dirty underneath because I always vacuumed the rocks.... but now that I have live plants... I don't vacuum the gravel anymore but im worried this will cause issues with the UGF... Plus I noticed using it if I use root tabs it always disintegrates them instantly because well the sucktion from the filter is right there when I put the root tabs in the gravel so my water gets cloudy instantly... So I cant really feed some of my color plants...
I haven't had a single issue with any of my plants so far though... my amazon sword is 18-19 inches tall no yellow leaves or anything like that and neither do any of my other plants... The red tiger lotus I have though is growing green leaves with red spots on them... I was under the assumption it grows .. red leaves and I think It might be to lack of iron or... the plant might just be a green tiger lotus and was false advertised...
So anyway... should I remove my UGF ? Obviously I have to remove my décor and pull all my plants out and stuff and gently slide the filter out not to hurt my fish... I'll probly pull all my snails out though so I don't bury them... I will probably have to get more bags of rocks though... But yea... would this be ok to do ?? And do you think it is the best thing to do for my plants ?
I have a HOB filter as well.. so im good there.. Honestly I want to remove my rocks and put in black ones.. Im tired of the dark blue I have had for 14 years.. but since I have like 25 fish that would probly crush my bio filter
I have had a UGF in my 27 hex for like umm since day 1 so like 14 years now.. I never have any issues with it... never gets dirty underneath because I always vacuumed the rocks.... but now that I have live plants... I don't vacuum the gravel anymore but im worried this will cause issues with the UGF... Plus I noticed using it if I use root tabs it always disintegrates them instantly because well the sucktion from the filter is right there when I put the root tabs in the gravel so my water gets cloudy instantly... So I cant really feed some of my color plants...
I haven't had a single issue with any of my plants so far though... my amazon sword is 18-19 inches tall no yellow leaves or anything like that and neither do any of my other plants... The red tiger lotus I have though is growing green leaves with red spots on them... I was under the assumption it grows .. red leaves and I think It might be to lack of iron or... the plant might just be a green tiger lotus and was false advertised...
So anyway... should I remove my UGF ? Obviously I have to remove my décor and pull all my plants out and stuff and gently slide the filter out not to hurt my fish... I'll probly pull all my snails out though so I don't bury them... I will probably have to get more bags of rocks though... But yea... would this be ok to do ?? And do you think it is the best thing to do for my plants ?
I have a HOB filter as well.. so im good there.. Honestly I want to remove my rocks and put in black ones.. Im tired of the dark blue I have had for 14 years.. but since I have like 25 fish that would probly crush my bio filter