To get those clips on the bottom off, you can just fold the longer sections down with some force. They bend back and forth and then pop off. They don’t pop off clean but I way able to get the owners clean with some stainless steel scissors
I love undergravel filters! I don't think the shop vac thing is necessary unless you are really overfeeding your fish. Just a light gravel vac when doing water changes. Too much gravel cleaning will ruin the filter because it works off of beneficial bacteria growing on the gravel. Some people will vac half the gravel one week and half the next.
Ive used these for a lot of years works well with power heads and hob 1with mechanical charcoal ie aqua clear marineland any power filters one power head on each side of uptube then when you vacuum gravel temove poerheads to xlean once in a while you can use siphone tube to suck out excess from under gravel
What would happen if you do not join the two blue filter plates together? That's what I did to my 29 gallon aquarium because I can't connect the two. Does it make any difference? What are the repercussions? Please respond because I am so concerned. Thank you.
Sir, what I am trying to say is that I was not able to detach or snap the sides of the plates and join them together with plate locking clips. So the filters function as two small separate entities each occupying half of the aquarium. There is no flow between the two. Will this make a difference? Will the filters function less efficiently? Thank you for your patience and response.
@@leonuy3944 As long as you have a lift tube connected to the individual plate and are running an air stone in each tube, the plates will work fine independantly.
THANK YOU!! I was struggling to put this filter together forever and this was so helpful ❤
I am using just 1 plate from a 10 gallon kit, because I have an odd 'tall' tank. It fits perfectly.
To get those clips on the bottom off, you can just fold the longer sections down with some force. They bend back and forth and then pop off. They don’t pop off clean but I way able to get the owners clean with some stainless steel scissors
You should do a setup on how to use the Penn-Plax Under gravel Aquarium Filter tray in Reverse flow and how to set it up.
I love undergravel filters! I don't think the shop vac thing is necessary unless you are really overfeeding your fish. Just a light gravel vac when doing water changes. Too much gravel cleaning will ruin the filter because it works off of beneficial bacteria growing on the gravel. Some people will vac half the gravel one week and half the next.
Ive used these for a lot of years works well with power heads and hob 1with mechanical charcoal ie aqua clear marineland any power filters one power head on each side of uptube then when you vacuum gravel temove poerheads to xlean once in a while you can use siphone tube to suck out excess from under gravel
Needs more gravel.
was looking to buy this!! thanks!
What would happen if you do not join the two blue filter plates together? That's what I did to my 29 gallon aquarium because I can't connect the two. Does it make any difference? What are the repercussions? Please respond because I am so concerned. Thank you.
Just make sure to fill the gap with gravel. Your good to go. If you have e algae eaters they will take care the stuff in that gap
@@Guru-James Thank you.
Sir, what I am trying to say is that I was not able to detach or snap the sides of the plates and join them together with plate locking clips. So the filters function as two small separate entities each occupying half of the aquarium. There is no flow between the two. Will this make a difference? Will the filters function less efficiently? Thank you for your patience and response.
@@leonuy3944 As long as you have a lift tube connected to the individual plate and are running an air stone in each tube, the plates will work fine independantly.
Can i use any gravel like sand or other material
i have used the regular gravel. Sand will probably go thru the holes and defeat the purpose of having the gap space