keeping substrate clean

[Mr P]

i have had algae problems in my tank and someone said that excess waste could cause problems,i wondered how you keep the substrate clean with a well planted tank.i have a syphon for cleaning tanks but this seems to cause more damage than its worth.how do you clean yours? skankypup.

 

[Alastair]

Where my plants are very dense, I just give the gravel cleaner a circular motion just above the plants which causes a mini twister as such bringing up any debris that I can't get in to suck up


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[Morgan Freeman]

This is partly why I switched to natural planted tanks

Cleaning substrate in any planted tanks is a nightmare, especially with ADA Amazonia substrate.