Question About Biorbs?

[louis_23]

if i wanted to put sand in my biorb instead of gravel/media would i need to do any thing to my filter? as i noticed it says on the instructions when setting up a biorb that remove all gravel that is smaller than a pea.

thanx guy's

 

[oswoldy]

Dont they have undergravel filters? If so then you would have to replace the filter as UGFs use the gravel for filtration. The UGF would just suck up the sand and you would have no filtration.

Mike

 

[shelaghfishface]

if you really want to add sand you will need to chage the filter, it can be done and they look fab with sand in, Eheim do a fab ball filter that fits great in there and it actually looks nice too... ill go and find a pic for you... no infact ill go one better and link to to a thread by a lady on here that has some beutiful biorbs, jennybugs is her name and wow what a fab job she does, you wont be short of inspiration when you see some of hers .

[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=220270&hl="]http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=220270&hl=[/URL]

that should have you drooling

 

[K-Holed]

Alternativly if you're really attached to your UG filter, you could always try a gravel tidy and a thin layer of sand.