snowbirdmo62
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Well it wasn't so much that you stressed your fish out by cleaning the gravel as by killing off all your beneficial bacteria that live in the gravel.fishyfoo said:this happened to me i decided to take the gravel out and try and clean it - big mistake since then i think i stressed my fish too much and they died!! i would recommend getting a algae eater of some kind i have been recommended a dawrf plec which dont grow as big as a common plec if u have a smaller tank such as mine so probs the gravel will sort out itself im sure people with more knowledge than me will help you just siphon the gravel once a week i think