My Flourite is remarkably clean as well. I just wanted to make sure I
wasn't missing any important steps.

Thanks

--
Craig Brye
University of Phoenix Online

"Dave Millman" wrote in message
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Craig Brye wrote:

Another question I have is on the substrate itself. At what point does
a
person need to worry about messing with the substrate (vacuuming,
stirring,
etc.). I've had my tank for about a year now and haven't really done
much
with the Flourite substrate. I do, however, vacuum the gravel, but only
the
very top debris.

I haven't vacuumed my Flourite substrate in more than a year. Nothing
gathers on
the top-my guess is that the bottom feeders stir everyting up enough that
the
filter gets it. Inevitable clouds of mulm occur when replanting, but they
settle
out within a day.