I've caught this aquarium thing that's going around

FoxyWench

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Except that waste gets pulled down into the gravel layer, where it can create problems. I'd rather trap it in a HOB filter where it is easily swished out during water changes.

Additionally, sand looks much better than gravel. (ok, and my fish tend to pile gravel, exposing the undergravel plate and making it worthless)
ABSOLULTY AGREE!!!

have you after lifted an undergravel filter?
if you do youll see its absolutly discusting underneath as all the waste gets trapped under there which in turn provided a bed for all that waste to break down, rot and mess with your cycle and eventually all your levels.
theres also o way to vac out an undergravel without breaking down the entire tank once a month to pull everything out, lift the filter and clean it...

ive done undergravel filtration and after breaking down a few tanks and seeing the same thing in each after a year, NEVER again, id rather do a good HOB and once a month give the water a good stirr so the filter picks up the debris thats fallen (having cichlids though i realy have to as they dig through the sand for me)


as for barbs, thier reputation of being very agressive is quite honestly undeserved. IF kept in the right conditions, Cherry and rosey barbs in generally are VERY peacefull fish and just get labled as agressive because there barbs.
tigers can be very nippy IF not kept in a big enough group, if doing tiger barbs never less than 5 and always in odd numbers, ive NEVER had an agression problem with tigers when kept in large enough groups, 1-3 however YES keeping anything under 3 tiger barbs yes in most set ups your asking for trhough because theres not enough of their kind to distribute the territorial domainance that they will take it out on other fish...

its such a shame because theres many barbs that are great additions to almost any aquarium (ie the cherries who are just lovely little fish)
 

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