Rookie07's Dualing Solanas

[rookie07]

My tanks by sketching:
Left side:

Right side:

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[Paul B]

Hey Phil, I think you need a UGF in that tank.

 

[rookie07]

Hey Phil, I think you need a UGF in that tank.

What is a UGF Paul?


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[rookie07]

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[House of Laughter]

Cool shot of the worm from the Heteropsammia cochlea

House

 

[masterswimmer]

What is a UGF Paul?

UGF = Under Gravel Filter :fish:

Remember those days? :lol: Well guess what our resident Albert Einstein/Thomas Alva Edison AKA Paul B. uses in his 2,108 year old saltwater reef tank for filtration? You guessed it Phil, a UGF :banghead:

Russ

 

[Paul B]

Ah youngons. If it were not for undergravel filters there would be no salt water or fresh water hobby. It was the only thing available to purify the water. Our tanks were essentially sterile with no place for bacteria to grow. We had no live rock and we bleached the dead coral skeletons we used as decoration so we needed UG filters under the gravel to have a place to grow bacteria.
An UG filter allows water to percolate through the gravel supplying the bacteria a place to grow while bathed in oxygen.
In saltwater regular UG filters had problems as we found out in about a year. All of the detritus from those old tanks would clog the spaces in the gravel and eventually it would clog and be useless forcing us to remove everything from the tank and clean the gravel.
I found a way to make the thing run forever with almost no maintenannce.

 

[rookie07]

I got my first salt water tank when i was around 12, circa 1992, and that had a UGF......obviously at 12 I was not ready to take care of the tank and it did not make it to long, luckily I never stocked it.


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[gholtmeyer]

Ah youngons. If it were not for undergravel filters there would be no salt water or fresh water hobby. It was the only thing available to purify the water. Our tanks were essentially sterile with no place for bacteria to grow. We had no live rock and we bleached the dead coral skeletons we used as decoration so we needed UG filters under the gravel to have a place to grow bacteria.
An UG filter allows water to percolate through the gravel supplying the bacteria a place to grow while bathed in oxygen.
In saltwater regular UG filters had problems as we found out in about a year. All of the detritus from those old tanks would clog the spaces in the gravel and eventually it would clog and be useless forcing us to remove everything from the tank and clean the gravel.
I found a way to make the thing run forever with almost no maintenannce.

Paul, did Noah use UGF on the ark?

 

[Paul B]

Yes he did. How do you think he saved all of those fish from the flood?

 

[gholtmeyer]

Yes he did. How do you think he saved all of those fish from the flood?

lol

 

[rookie07]

 

[masterswimmer]

Outstanding Phil. Kudos to you.

R

 

[tentacles]

looking good, phil

 

[Paul B]

Hey Phil, I'm jealous.

 

[masterswimmer]

Those are some smokin' corals/lighting. Suhhhweeetttt.

Russ

 

[rookie07]

Left Side Tank looked good tonight...I grabbed the Canon Elph and snap a few quickies...Here are the nicer shots. I hope you enjoy.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbJ5Y3Tv7SY

FTS

Top Down:

Plates, etc.

Chalice:

Monti:

 

[FaviaFreak]

looking really good Mang

 

[rookie07]

Right side tank with new white sand (iphone picture):

 

[bruce922]

I like the white sand.