can i siphone my tank with the fish still inside, and last question does anyone no were i can buy online Back to nature backgrounds ????
2007-03-05 09:59:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Gravel is easier to take care of.
You can siphone half of the water out with the fish still in the tank. Then refill with clean water. No chlorine.
2007-03-05 10:13:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravel VS sand the old age debated question. Gravel you don't have to vacuum as often as it's porous. It's a personal preference to keep one over the other. The benefit of having sand is you don't waste food nearly as much. If you have Mbuna's (rock dwelling fish) from Lake Malawi you'd want sand due to the food being a bit more pricey and the ability to have them eat it off the sand where as it would be wasted in the gravel. You can have Under Ground Jets that keep the sand surface stirred. You can siphon the water with the fish in it. watch the fish and make sure that the fish don't get sucked through the hose or plumbing. Back to Nature backgrounds I am thinking you can go to bigalsonline.com They might carry it. I am not familiar with them though.
Hope that helps......
Zak White
www.txholeyrocks.com
Owner
2007-03-05 18:53:53 · answer #2 · answered by zak w 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gravel is easier. Yes you can siphon with fish in the tank. Add dechlorinator to your tap water before adding to tank.
Reconsider your back to nature background. Try plain black or navy cardboard - it's cheap and looks fantastic. If you agree you won't want the back to nature background anyway.
2007-03-05 18:51:48 · answer #3 · answered by listlessfish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravel is easier to take care of and yes you can siphon the gravel with the fish still inside!
2007-03-05 18:14:28 · answer #4 · answered by jrose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sand and fine gravel are not good choices for aquarium substrate. If you must have something on the bottom of your tank use the big pea gravel. I use large black river rock and a couple of handfuls of marbles and glass rocks. Most of my tank bottom is bare. It's so much easier to keep clean. You shouldn't use sand anyway if you have a fresh water tank, and if you have a salt water I'd use crushed coral insted. Don't get colored gravel it leeches toxins into the water even if it says its aquarium safe. Don't use sand stone or any rock that bubbles for a long time after its dropped in. Definately do not use that pretty holy rock that is swirly orange and white, its volcanic and definatly leeches toxins into the water. No good I don't know why they sell it.
2007-03-05 19:37:59 · answer #5 · answered by Sunday P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋