Question on gravel....

[Lonewolfblue]

I read in posts that you can use snails to move the gravel around a little to relieve pockets of bad stuff. My question is, with eels, can a person use feeder worms to do the same, such as red wigglers? Will they travel around enough to do the job until they are eaten?

 

[DeFeKt]

gravel generally doesn't really need stirring as much as sand does.
a deep gravel vac once a month should be enough

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Actually, that's what I was talking about, sand. I'm about to get a 55G aquarium now, and I already have the sand for it.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Going to use pool filter sand.

 

[DeFeKt]

aahh ok.

I just stir mine a bit when im pwc'ing weekly

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Eels will also take care of the stirring for you. I have two peacock eels that keep our 29 gal tank nicely stirred.

 

[Toirtis]

Red wigglers will simply drown...they cannot breathe underwater.....the eels will certainly help some, though.

 

[jrp1588]

You could pick up some MTS if you want. A lot of LFS havemillions of them in their tanks and would be happy to give you some free.