Cleaning a tank with carpet

[FallenAngel]

Out of curiosity, how do you'll go about cleaning the tanks with a planted carpet? You don't use the vacuum I'm guessing, so do you only do water changes?


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[Gillie]

I always treated it like sand, hover just above the carpet to remove surface detritus

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[FallenAngel]

That totally explains why I always suck up the sand... I don't hover, I just treat it like the gravel tanks I used to have, I was wondering why that was happening, thanks, that helps a lot


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[mikem691]

If you SWIRL the tube about a 1/2 inch above the sand and carpet it will lift the debris off the sand without lifting the sand and suck it right up.

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[Gillie]

If you SWIRL the tube about a 1/2 inch above the sand and carpet it will lift the debris off the sand without lifting the sand and suck it right up.

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Depends on what plant was used to carpet, more delicate plants like HC can uproot easily, a lesson I learned the hard way

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[Brookster123]

I use my glass scrapper as a fan and wave it back and forth above the substrate/ carpet plants, this fans up muck while not sucking plants up too. Once all the crap is suspended I siphon it right out..

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[mikem691]

Depends on what plant was used to carpet, more delicate plants like HC can uproot easily, a lesson I learned the hard way

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Oops glad you corrected me on that.

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[FallenAngel]

Thanks everyone!


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