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[Ursa]

I have a question for my senseis.

How do you make sure that you've gotten all the debris from the bottom of a tank? When I poke about the bottom of the tank to drain water for my weekly change, I find that my small plants get disturbed or uprooted. I don't want to lose any more, because my newly found babies are hiding in some of them.

Your help would be muchly appreciated.

Ursa
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Ursa

[KhiaraFish]

Well, in my tanks I try and do my plants in clumps, with open substrate around them. I just stir the siphon tube near the plants, and then siphon out whatever moves with the water, and then clean up all the open ground. I figure that the mulm directly next to the plants is good for them, and that a little bit won't hurt the fish.
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Please, oh Please can someone help me!?

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[unissuh]

I don't tend to vacuum planted areas at all, just anything that is open.
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[coryfan]

Same with me, I just vacuum the open areas in the front of the tank that start to look dirty.