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i did my 3rd water change and my first gravel clean up i poked my vacuum into some sections of gravel and noticed bunch of flakes coming up, last time i did a water change i poked around but didnt get that much stuff so i didnt get to finish cleaning animal supplies because too much water was being taken out and i want to clean it again but i dont want to lose my important bacteria..i did about a 25% change and im sure i missed at least 30% of my gravel to clean which im worried about the tank looked clean but now i know its not i was gona go get my water tested n get some new fish but now im thinkin i shud clean the gravel b4 i get new fish? how bad does dirty gravel affect my fish n aquarium
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Why do you want more fish while the tank is still in a cycle? All you do is risk wasting your money. A new fish in fresh , never been occupied animal supplies tank, is much different than throwing a fish into a cess pool of ammonia and nitrites. I wouldn't vacuum my gravel much at all while it is cycling.
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The water you remove at a water change has bacteria in it but for bacteria to function properly it needs to be stuck to something so I wouldn't worry about losing bacteria with a water change, you will still have enough bacteria on the gravel and in the filter. In short bacteria floating about the water is negligible. Just make sure you use some sort of De-Clorinator for the fresh water that will be going in the tank.
sorry I can't help. I balance my tank with live plants and never clean the substrate or change the water. oh perhaps that helps. After 8-10 year when I finally took down a tank, the substrate animal supplies was nasty. But it didn't seem to hurt anything. You might also consider feeding less. just some random thoughts worth at most .02
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obviously u didnt even finish reading my question also ive had my water tested and everything was fine so thanks for
Aquarium Forum General Freshwater Aquarium Topics New To The Freshwater Aquarium Hobby did my first gravel clean up and it was DIRTY User Name Remember Me? Password Forgot Password? Welcome to the Aquarium Forum forums. animal supplies You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content animal supplies and access many other special features. Registration is fast and simple so please, join our community today ! If you have any problems with the registration process animal supplies or your account login, please contact contact us . OR
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i did my 3rd water change and my first gravel clean up i poked my vacuum into some sections of gravel and noticed bunch of flakes coming up, last time i did a water change i poked around but didnt get that much stuff so i didnt get to finish cleaning animal supplies because too much water was being taken out and i want to clean it again but i dont want to lose my important bacteria..i did about a 25% change and im sure i missed at least 30% of my gravel to clean which im worried about the tank looked clean but now i know its not i was gona go get my water tested n get some new fish but now im thinkin i shud clean the gravel b4 i get new fish? how bad does dirty gravel affect my fish n aquarium
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Why do you want more fish while the tank is still in a cycle? All you do is risk wasting your money. A new fish in fresh , never been occupied animal supplies tank, is much different than throwing a fish into a cess pool of ammonia and nitrites. I wouldn't vacuum my gravel much at all while it is cycling.
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The water you remove at a water change has bacteria in it but for bacteria to function properly it needs to be stuck to something so I wouldn't worry about losing bacteria with a water change, you will still have enough bacteria on the gravel and in the filter. In short bacteria floating about the water is negligible. Just make sure you use some sort of De-Clorinator for the fresh water that will be going in the tank.
sorry I can't help. I balance my tank with live plants and never clean the substrate or change the water. oh perhaps that helps. After 8-10 year when I finally took down a tank, the substrate animal supplies was nasty. But it didn't seem to hurt anything. You might also consider feeding less. just some random thoughts worth at most .02
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obviously u didnt even finish reading my question also ive had my water tested and everything was fine so thanks for
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