Re: will not gravel vaccuming kill my fish?

"Jonathan Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> I don't understand why you wouldn't do it with each water change. Most
> hoses sold in the stores for siphoning aquarium water include a tube
> designed for vacuuming the gravel.

i have a lot of rocks carefully balancing on top of each other and im 
afraid vacuuming will make the cichlid "hotel" collapse.....

 Simply start your water siphoning
> and run it around the gravel a little bit. I would thing that would
> make an enormous difference.
> 
> Jonathan
> 

hi Jonathan, i used to vacuum but stopped after not seeing an *enormous* 
difference, i really want to create a state of "equilibrium" in the tank, 
kind of like a bio-sphere, that resembles nature as much as possible.