Changed to BB, lots of detritus

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So, as the titled explains. I changed to BB completely.
Last month I removed about half the gravel while doing a water change.
I did the same today.
There is a fair amount of detritus still on the aquarium floor.
Can I just do a 20% W/C tomorrow and get it out, or should I wait a few days?
 
you can do 100% water change if you need to wont hurt anything if your water is stable and same temp but a 20% is fine if you get everything
 
Alright, cool.
I'm going to try and get it out with a 20% and hope I dont stir the water up again or it'll be a real pain.
I'm going to get a power head in the tank for more circulation and to keep stuff off the bottom.
 
Go with substrate, I got into this habit after keeping discus leaving everything BB, much better results with gravel, Just MO
 
Yanbbrox;3045313; said:
Go with substrate, I got into this habit after keeping discus leaving everything BB, much better results with gravel, Just MO
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But BB is the best for discus... It sometimes stops peppering and IDK what makes you say everything is better, But i find cleaning BB are easier then gravel tanks.

IF u have detritus still left in the tank (from what i google i still have no idea) just leave a small pump on the ground and blow and for a few days, let it all collect on one side... stop the pump and suck it out with a smaller house.... might not need a smaller house but that should work... i hope lol
 
its personal preference man. i run bb on all my growouts but i use a thin, thin layer of sand on the big tank in the living room for looks. whatever you like....
 
Bizzaro;3045382; said:
But BB is the best for discus... It sometimes stops peppering and IDK what makes you say everything is better, But i find cleaning BB are easier then gravel tanks.

IF u have detritus still left in the tank (from what i google i still have no idea) just leave a small pump on the ground and blow and for a few days, let it all collect on one side... stop the pump and suck it out with a smaller house.... might not need a smaller house but that should work... i hope lol
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Thats what I was gonna do.
My filters intake is in the middle of the tank, so I'm going to get a powar head an point it at the bottom of the tank(I need a power heard anyways not much current in my tank)
Tank is a 3x1x2' with an AC110 my only stock is a 4'' dat and an ABK.
I feel like I need more filtration and want to add a second AC110.
 
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