[AquaticLife]gravel cleaner
Anyone who has a fish tank should have a gravel siphon/cleaner. For a 10G tank, the least expensive, smallest one they sell is suitable. Usually a 1″ to 1-1/2″ diameter siphon tube, connected to 3/8″ diameter 5′ long drain line. Deep siphoning the gravel should be done starting after the first week the tank has fish in it. For planted tanks, things are a little different… or if you have a 10G Cherry Shrimp tank, like I do, with dozens of baby 1/4″ long cherry shrimp running around, then siphoning the gravel has to be put off… but I have lots of live plants in the tank so their roots help keep the gravel clean as well as the other clean up critters in the tank like snails and planaria.
Fortunately, I learned most of what I know from other people’s mistakes… although I made my fair share in the beginning also. Reading info in the many forums that I’ve been involved in over the years and helping people when I felt I was knowledgeable enough to do so… but reading what the experts were saying and learning from them when I first got started.
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