I know this may seem like a silly question, but I was just thinking about this and thought I would ask. I know that normally you would rinse your new gravel before adding it to your tank to prevent any particles from clouding up your water yada yada. But what if you're doing a fishless cycle and won't have any fish in the tank for several weeks. Is is still necessary to rinse the gravel before adding it to the tank since the filter (in my case a Rena xP2) will have at least a month to remove any free floating dust particles from the water?
I was just thinking about how much easier it would be to just pour the gravel straight into the tank from the bag than it would be to try and dump in wet gravel thats sticking to everything it touches.
I was just thinking about how much easier it would be to just pour the gravel straight into the tank from the bag than it would be to try and dump in wet gravel thats sticking to everything it touches.
