Cleaning Gravel?

[noelllll]

Hey just a quick question, how do you clean the gravel in your tank if there are rocks and fake plants everywhere. The siphon is too big to reach around them all so I could only get to 1 or 2 parts of the tank. Any ideas on how to clean it a bit better?

 

[DavidAl]

Just move stuff around or temporarily take it out of the tank. That's actually one advantage I wish I had. I can't move much of anything in my tanks without making a royal mess.

David

 

[noelllll]

Just move stuff around or temporarily take it out of the tank. That's actually one advantage I wish I had. I can't move much of anything in my tanks without making a royal mess.

David

Hm okay thanks. That won't bother the fish or anything? It's only a 10g tank so they don't have much room to get away.

 

[DavidAl]

Nope. But you obviously don't want to hit your fish in the head with a rock, nor do you want to pin it down when putting the rock back in. Use due diligence.

David

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

Nothing should bother the fish, just stress them a bit. I wish I could move around my decor but sadly, its a planted tank with heavy rocks and driftwood lol. I just bought a small >5 gal vacuum to get in the smaller areas, rather than using my huge 60g vacuum.