Re: [AGA Member] Jungle Val, African Cichlids, and Undergravel Filters

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

An undergravel filter can be made for peanuts. Some plastic
grid and screen from Home Depot and some tubes and
powerheads.

But I gave up on them several years ago.

A canister or back filter is much easier to clean ;-)
If you need more water movement than that, you can always
add powerheads.

sh
--- Bill Hudgens <billhudgens@earthlink.net> wrote:
> . . . The local pet store has
> suggested . . . that the best filtration would be an
> undergravel filter with powerheads to move the water. 
> They emphasized that the Africans need MAJOR water
> circulation.  But I am wondering if an outside power
> filter and/or canister filter would be a better choice. 



=====
S. Hieber

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