I have read a lot about planted tanks and am interested in trying one. I understand about the substrate, lighting, co2 and such, but the only thing i don't find any info on is cleaning. Say i have flourite substrate and a layer of gravel on top of that. Would i use a gravel vacuum and just be sure not to go to deep? Thanks for the info.
cleaning a planted tank help
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Why would you like to use gravel? I use only sand (grain size 0,5-1,6mm, better is to use grain size 0,5-1mm). In one of my tank is gravel and im going to change it to sand as soon as possible.
You need to vacuum gravel, because every s*it goes between gravel grains. It doesn't happen when you keep sand in your tank. Bottom fishes like sand too and if it's fine enough some of them like to dig in bottom. You don't need to vacuum sand, only sometimes just little break up or keep snails on there. (Snails isn't the ordinary snails that comes with plants, they are those snails which have "cone")
Jamnog
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snails with the cone are usually gr8 pond snails tho there are a few variaties they all eat the plants before the alge and imo are bad. as for the poop on the bottom of the tank i think itsa good thing for the plants to have a little bit gravel or sand plants usually live ok in both. as far as i know mine have allways lived for a while in both its normally the fish that mess up the plants.
I have a heavily planted tank with gravel substrate. I "gravel vacuum" around the plants, very carefully and only go deep where there are no plants. It is more dificult to clean a planted tank coz you don't want to disturb the plant roots, but it's not impossible.
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