When cleaning your tank...

[Bre]

How often do you guys move all the rock work in your tanks and clean underneath? I do this once a week and it is a pain in the A$#!!! Is it necessary to do it this often or what does everyone here do?

 

[haynchinook334]

add a power head to your take.

 

[TRENT]

I do mine once a month. My water test seem to be good doing it this way. What are you running for filteration?

 

[Bre]

I run 3 filters...2 AC 110's and a large sponge filter for about 1400 GPH plus a UV sterilizer. My water always test good, but I have never left the rockwork in place for more then a week without vacumming under it. Maybe , I should try not cleaning under it and see what happens with my water quality. Water quality now is not a problem...that is why I was wanting to see what everyone else does.

 

[TRENT]

Try once a month and see what happens. Just be sure to check water quality right before you do the under the rock cleaning and go from their. GL

 

[jhutch]

My water quality stays perfect and I hate to say it but the rocks stay put pretty much always. I don't recall the last time I moved them let alone cleaned under them. I do however have an ungodly amount of snails in each tank so I think that helps. I problem range near a thousand or more in most of them.

 

[JamesRiggs]

My water quality stays perfect and I hate to say it but the rocks stay put pretty much always. I don't recall the last time I moved them let alone cleaned under them. I do however have an ungodly amount of snails in each tank so I think that helps. I problem range near a thousand or more in most of them.

Ditto. not so many snails though.

 

[Bre]

What kind of snails do you guys have?

 

[jhutch]

I have no idea what they are called. They have long pointed shells(the ones I have anyway). I didn't buy them, they were already established in the tanks when I bought them.

 

[Bre]

Interesting...and they help keep it clean huh?