Gravel vacuuming now?

[livelyfella]

My 20 gallon tank has just finished cycling with fish earlier this week. Ammonia=0, Nitrites=0, and Ph=6.8.

My question is, do I start to vacuum the gravel now with weekly water changes? I have been doing many water changes during the cylcing process and have not vacuumed the gravel thus far do to the cycling of the tank.

Thanks in advance!

 

[jkost]

My 20 gallon tank has just finished cycling with fish earlier this week. Ammonia=0, Nitrites=0, and Ph=6.8.

My question is, do I start to vacuum the gravel now with weekly water changes? I have been doing many water changes during the cylcing process and have not vacuumed the gravel thus far do to the cycling of the tank.

Thanks in advance!

i would go ahead and try just doing half the first time and check water conditions and see if your good then go at it real good next time.

 

[Jericho]

Vac when you do your water changes. I vac as much as I can untill the water gets low. I then try to remember where I stopped and start there next time.

 

[cswhi]

I do half or a third of the tank every PWC

 

[blkwdw13]

My 20 gallon tank has just finished cycling with fish earlier this week. Ammonia=0, Nitrites=0, and Ph=6.8.

My question is, do I start to vacuum the gravel now with weekly water changes? I have been doing many water changes during the cylcing process and have not vacuumed the gravel thus far do to the cycling of the tank.

Thanks in advance!

Just vac as much as you can in a 25% water change, then continue on your next 25% water change and so on.

 

[DeRo316]

If you have a test kit you can monitor your nitrate levels for the first couple weeks to get an idea of how fast they rise to see how often water changes will be needed.