Re: Gravel givin me feeding problems

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: I had the same problem (food disappearing). The upside to gravel is that it : has a large surface area and so supports a large amount of beneficial bacteria, : and these give extra stability to the water chemistry, provided the gravel is : "cleaned" occasionally (i.e. big pieces of detritus are removed with a gravel : vac). However, I found it really frustrating when feeding my aquatic newts : because their main diet is earthworms. Removing some of the gravel didn't help : because the worms simply wandered around until they found some gravel. : So I took it all out. Provided you look after the tank carefully (regular water : changes and complete cleanouts as necessary), it's fine. I use an internal power : filter with the outflow pointing straight up out of the water so the flow around : the tank is reduced quite a bit. Strictly speaking, power filters are really : only suitable for newt species that will tolerate some flowing water. : Bob

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