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| View Poll Results: how do you do your water change? | |||
| water only and let the filters collect the debris | 
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| siphoning out the crud every time | 
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			 I run with a half crushed coral and half sandbed setup with both being about 3/4 of an inch deep I don't bother vacuuming that's why I got snails, shrimp, cucumbers and such they do the work for me. I just do a water change 
		
	
		
		
		
		
			
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	 My aquarium is nothing but a smorgasbord for my cats.....
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			 First I drain 10 gallons out of my quarantine tank, and dump it down the toilet. I run my display tank bare bottom. I stir up the detritus with my hand then I suck out 10 gallons from the display tank. I let the detritus settle in the buckets , then I pour off the water into my quarantine tank. I do this once a week. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
			
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