I have a fifty gallon with 6 corys and 3 otos as the cleanup crew. Despite weekly water changes and gravel cleanings the gravel still seems to get dirty a couple days after cleaning it. Would getting 3 or so more corys fix the problem or is there somehitng else i should do and am not aware of.
Dirty Gravel
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seems fine....you could well be overfeeding which is very easy to do, get a bigger gravel vac and feed less
Corys will not clean your gravel, nor Otos, not Plecos, et.all.
They may eat fish flakes that drop to the gravel, but that's it.
The only real solution is gravel vacs. Try to penetrate down 1" and cover all of the surfaces. By doing this I usually finish both my 75G and 30G with about a 50% WC every week.
They may eat fish flakes that drop to the gravel, but that's it.
The only real solution is gravel vacs. Try to penetrate down 1" and cover all of the surfaces. By doing this I usually finish both my 75G and 30G with about a 50% WC every week.
exactly. no fish, no snail, or any other swimming, crawling, slithering thing you keep in your tank will make your gravel 'cleaner'. the majority of that stuff is poop and slime, and as far as i know, the only thing in the world that eats poop is bacteria, and dung beetle larvae.
gravel vac-ing is the way to go. fish cant flush a toilet... you gotta give them a hand.
fish cant flush a toilet... you gotta give them a hand.
OMG LMAO!!! :laugh:
I am SO using this!!! :thm: