Renewablemommy
Aquarium Advice Regular
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I recently acquired a 55 gallon tank that a friend could no longer keep up with maintenance on. When we moved the tank I kept the River rocks wet to keep all beneficial bacteria intact and placed it directly into the tank as soon as it was moved. Over the past week and a half I've done three gravel vacuum, because it had been neglected so much that there is so much waste between all of the rocks that it's disgusting. I love the way it looks but it seems very high maintenance so far, because the spaces between the rocks make it easy for fish waste to fall between them but it's very hard to vacuum between the rocks because they are perfect diameter to suck up in the gravel vac and get stuck.
So my question for people that have experience with big River rock and sand is which do you feel like is less maintenance as far as keeping clean. Do you feel like after I catch up from the waist that has been neglected to be cleaned in the months passed that it will be easier to maintain, or is it always going to be hard?
So my question for people that have experience with big River rock and sand is which do you feel like is less maintenance as far as keeping clean. Do you feel like after I catch up from the waist that has been neglected to be cleaned in the months passed that it will be easier to maintain, or is it always going to be hard?