this probably would be better than having a undergravel filter.cvermeulen;1508007;1508007 said:In a tank this large and deep I would recommend using a REVERSE undergravel filter, otherwise all the crap will accumulate in your gravel, and I would not want to do a gravel vac on that unit. You will likely want some surface skimming too, so a combo of overflows and midwater uptakes would probably work the best. I used something similar with one large overflow and a good sized powerhead to keep waste from settling, and my gravel stayed pretty clean.
use undergravel jets to really squirt a ton of gph through the gravel so all of the poop gets pushed into the water column which will then be sucked up by te overflow u are making(i hope u'll have one) and some other intakes near middle hieght in the back a lot
like the fioltration in the 1700 shark tank under the MFK articles i love his filtration system because his large tank is clean! :O all the other huge ones get gross green water and cloudy!