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soclosetome  Enthusiast Posts: 239 Kudos: 49 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Jan-2003   | I want to do a gravel change on my ten gallon tank but I am unsure on how to go about doing it. It is fully cycled and I know that I shouldn't remove all the gravel at once so do I change half of it out at a time? Or would it be safe to remove it all at once? Any advice would be great., thanks. |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52 |        |
Cup_of_Lifenoodles    Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | I did that with my ten gallon as well. Here's the way to go: keep your filter running in another tank (or just leave it running in a bucket of tank water). Siphon all the water out, invert the tank, and simply dump out the gravel. Replace the gravel, put the filter back in place, and bag a bit of the old gravel in a mesh bag and keep it in the tank until you consistently test negative for ammonia/trites. |
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