when you do water changes on a planted aquarium, do you just not vacuum the gravel? i figured this would disturb the roots and plants. can anyone tell me how to gravel a planted aquarium, how much, and how often?
I would still remove excessive amounts of excrement, but not all of it. In a planted aquarium you need to have this as a source of nutrients for the plants themselves. As with non-planted tanks it is bad to have excessive amounts of nitrogen.danepatrick said:so should i just skim water out (like the uneducated water changers out there) rather than getting stuff off of the bottom with my vacuum? is this what everyone is saying?