Vacuuming and Decorating - Take Fish Out? - Aquarium Advice

theotheragentm · 01-12-2007, 08:15 PM

When I do gravel vacs or if I go a step further and want to rearrange decorations, should the fish be completely out of the tank?

blazeyreef · 01-12-2007, 08:24 PM

na, that would just completely stress them out!

theotheragentm · 01-12-2007, 08:28 PM

That's what I figured. I figured it's worse to take them out than to have a huge muscular arm in the tank. Okay, so scratch the muscular part, but you know what I mean.

rich311k · 01-12-2007, 08:29 PM

No reason to take them out.

tropicalfish · 01-12-2007, 10:29 PM

Leave them in to reduce stress...Finding Nemo is just plain odd...
No need to take them out. Just make sure you don't bury any fish with the decor

**Zagz** · 01-12-2007, 10:36 PM

I completely agree, taking the fish out will stress both them and you trying to catch them.

01-12-2007, 08:15 PM	#1
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01-12-2007, 08:24 PM	#2
blazeyreef Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,600 Images: 1	na, that would just completely stress them out! __________________ Houston "Face Trials with Smiles"-Porter Ellett *My aquariums-5gall snowball shrimp, 20long-awaiting setup,29gall planted* "We are nothing until we make ourselves somthing" CTR**

01-12-2007, 08:28 PM	#3
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01-12-2007, 10:29 PM	#5
tropicalfish Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 325	Leave them in to reduce stress...Finding Nemo is just plain odd... No need to take them out. Just make sure you don't bury any fish with the decor __________________ --- 75 Gallon Rena FilStar xP3, Aquarium Systems Visi-Therm 200W (2), Coralife 48" Aqualight 260W 6700K --- 10 Gallon Hexagon Hagen AquaClear 30, Visi-Therm Deluxe 50, DIY CF 20W 6500K CF, Hagen Natural CO2 System :: Bloodfin Tetra (1), Red-eye Tetra (3), Black Skirt Tetra (3), Harlequin Rasbora (6), Platy (1), Otocinclus Catfish (1) :: Rotala Indica, Hygrophila Difformis (Wisteria), Cabomba Carolinia ---

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01-12-2007, 08:29 PM	#4
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	No reason to take them out.

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