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[Blueangel4730]

I have a 29g fw. Im wanting to plant it and have some aspogent already in it. Problem is I took wrong advice and only put a half inch of gravel. I now know I need 2 or 3 inches. I thought about cleaning my gravel and putting more gravel in but I know I will have some waste left, if I cover this waste what will happen?

 

[George9]

Just clean it real good before you add more gravel, there's almost always crud stuck down in the gravel anyway

 

[xXNirvana69Xx]

Correct me if I am wrong but shouldn't you not deeply clean gravel in a planted tank?

 

[George9]

Not so deep you'll uproot the plants, but jet get all the crud off the top and as much as you can. Plus, I don't think it's heavily planted yet, right?

 

[TheFishBoss97]

Correct me if I am wrong but shouldn't you not deeply clean gravel in a planted tank?

actually, yes and NO

no for sand this rule is mainly for sand

for gravel, either is fine depending on how much u feed

if u overfeed i would

for sand u only need to do it 2"-3" ABOVE the sand, so not touching......just to stir things lying there up

and plants will use up all the other "crud" and "stuff" down there as nutrients.

 

[Blueangel4730]

Its not real heavily planted yet but I have realized I dont have enough gravel for my roots. Waiting till next water change to add gravel