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Ok so I'm planning on moving my fish from my ten gallon to my 60 gallon as soon as I finish setting it up and I really want to plant my ten gallon and putting in some tetras but I was wondering since I want it heavily planted should i get an UGF with a powerhead, just a powerhead or do I not need either?
 
If your getting some small fish I dont think a powerhead would be necessary, a UGF would be handy but may be too much for the tank.. I dont know depends on the fish
 
A ugf wouldn't be necessary by any stretch, but I would run it in reverse flow with a powerhead if I did have one. With plants vaccuming is undesireable, and with normal flow UGF vaccuming is an absolute must. The two don't mix in theory very well. Reverse flow on the other hand does quite well with plants.
dave
 
How about a small internal cascade filter? It will take up some space but is easier to service than a UGF. Ad Daveedka stated, plants may find a hard time surviving with a current passing bt their roots. A second choice would be a hanging filter.

In my opinion, using a power head is nt necesary for a 10 gallon tank.
 
Ad Daveedka stated, plants may find a hard time surviving with a current passing bt their roots.
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Just for clarification, plants have no trouble at all with RFUG set-ups. I have all of my tanks but one set this way right now. and several other folks around the boards have planted RFUG and /conventional UGF systems.

With conventional systems, vaccuming well is a requirement for long term trouble free use. With RFUG vaccuming is virtually eliminated. Plants do better without deep vaccuming is all I was pointing out.
dave
 
ok thanks for the help can you tell me one more thing ... Ive heard about them but i dont know what they do, i dont need the CO2 injectons do i?? If i do can someone please provide me with some info on them or a link to a page about info on them thanks again :dive:
 
I've found a lot of help in the Plants section of this forum. Co check it. There's a lot of info there.

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