Siphoning gravel

[WeeNe858]

i vac whenever i water change, no set intervals. and i just vac around the decor.

 

[LoganBlade]

I gravel vac once a week my sister inlaws 55gal. I move all the plants and rocks to one side and vac empty area. then move back to other side and vac other open area. I change out 10 gals total and tank hasn't bloomed ever and is crystal clear. just the kind of crystal with micro bubbles

 

[keonetfish]

I always felt vacuuming the gravel was a huge pain, so now all my tanks are barebottom.

Its the same with me, but I still use the gravel vacuum to remove poop.

 

[nes999]

i vac whenever i water change, no set intervals.

 

[GhostShrimpMan]

I gravel vac every water change, but only the open areas. I don't vac too close to plants as they use the nutrients anyway, and I only gravel vac under wood or rocks once in a while.

^ Same here.

 

[babygurl1561310]

Like everyone else i gravel vac with every water changes but i also have a turtle and have to do it often and every where its a pain but its worth it. I like the gravel look. I couldn't stand to look at my tank if it was bare bottom i think it adds color to my tank

 

[philfreenode]

when i had gravel i vacced it every water change, so once or twice a week. Now im bare bottom in all tanks and i suck up poop in a turkey baster and not every water change does the bottom need to be vacuumed.

when i removed the gravel from my tank i was amazed how much crap i was missing with the vacuum. my water is such better quality now

 

[BlindSight]

what kind of gravel vacs are everyone using?

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

The cheap ones. Anything that can stir up the gravel and suck the poop and not the gravel is good. I don't see the point of spluring on a Python unless you are really lazy to carry buckets.

For me, I have those trolleys so weight isn't an issue.

 

[knifegill]

I just vacuum with a siphon. Every water change, so about once a week. But I'm going sand from now on, just have gravel in my small tanks and older setups.