Vacuuming Gravel In Tank

[Kaylee]

I was told to vacuum the gravel at every water change, but I'm thinking why should i vacuum it if that is where the good bacteria is housing. I think that is why I'm having this bad bacteria bloom in my tank right now....could this be the result of vacuuming the gravel?

Should I just leave the gravel alone and just do water changes?

All suggestions welcome.

 

[jennybugs]

Vac'ing the gravel won't remove the good bacteria

What it does remove is fish poop and decaying food which in turn keeps the water parameters nice and your fish less prone to diseases etc

When you say bacteria bloom, do you not mean algae bloom?

 

[Kaylee]

No its bacteria its milky white, I recently had a bad algae bloom and i bought a uv filter and the algae is gone, trade one problem in for another. ok i will continue the vacuuming. thank you.

 

[fall-apart-dave]

Sure its not a fungus? In which case a substrate change might be in order?