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	Gravel vacum or no?
Gourami Mega Fish Posts: 1205 Kudos: 477 Votes: 1 Registered: 23-Apr-2002	Is it good or bad to vacum the gravel in a planted tank? Its a 55 gallon with i would say 25 small fish. Its got quite a few plants not heavily planted, but enough to cover almost half the floor space.
Posted 10-May-2006 14:19
LITTLE_FISH *** Little Fish *** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005	Hi Gourami, but enough to cover almost half the floor space ... and the other half should be vacuumed, at least in my opinion. You may not have to do a deep vacuuming, but you should at least get all the yuckies (poop, leaf litter, etc) of the top one inch. Why would you not want to vacuum? Ingo Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club
Posted 10-May-2006 15:04
illustrae Fish Addict Posts: 820 Kudos: 876 Registered: 04-May-2005	You should definitely try to vacum as much as you can when you do water changes. If I havn't gravel vaced enough, after a few weeks I start to get green water from excess nitrates that the plants can't suck up fast enough. Also, lift up driftwood and rocks or other hardscape you have and try to vacum under them once in a while, otherwise you can run into serious water quality problems as uneaten food and other debris naturally collects just under the edges of these things and can cause toxic polluted areas. Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...
Posted 10-May-2006 16:18


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