davidjp1982
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I'm curious how you guys keep on top of your setups with leaf litter. I've gone all out on my latest setup and would say the substrate is 95 percent covered with a couple inches of oak leaves. I'm interested in whether the debris that collects on the substrate is detrimental - my water change technique is to siphon out one bucket of water then pour back into tank to stir up the debris then I net what I can before changing my two buckets of water. However the amount of debris that still floats about before settling is crazy. I've had problems with mini cycles before after disturbing the substrate - does that risk lessen if it is lightly stirred up more often, day twice weekly during water changes? I can imagine that would maybe make sense as opposed to it sitting for months then stirring up old trapped debris which I can see could cause overload of the filter bio load? I'm not concerned aesthetically speaking as the dirt settles soon enough, I'm more concerned about the welfare of the fish.