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Hey guys, been battling a brown algae bloom that I'm pretty confident is being caused by decayed plant matter in my gravel. I did a major pruning earlier today and ended up causing a lot of floating particles- likely both brown algae along with plant parts both new and from an earlier die back.
I was hoping I could avoid really risking my substrate escaping while I clean the gravel,but it pretty much HAS to be done to grab all the excess waste that I am sure is there. Did about a 50% water change today because I was getting afraid of ammonia build-up and noticed that tell tale pond smell.
Any advice? I've cleaned regular gravel several times so I know about siphoning it- I have a layer of mixed soil substrate beneath the gravel.
I was hoping I could avoid really risking my substrate escaping while I clean the gravel,but it pretty much HAS to be done to grab all the excess waste that I am sure is there. Did about a 50% water change today because I was getting afraid of ammonia build-up and noticed that tell tale pond smell.
Any advice? I've cleaned regular gravel several times so I know about siphoning it- I have a layer of mixed soil substrate beneath the gravel.