Does your Dr and wife know you harass and stalk and slander old women and
vets in wheelchairs online? Get back on your Thorazine Roy Tristan Hauer....
before eveyone knows what a lowlife scumbag you really are. Not that theyre
not aware you have serious mentalk issues.

Your already looking damn bad in the eyes of the public what with
slandering old women and tormenting disabled old vets. When you abuse and
troll others Roy Hauer... others just may just decide to harass you back.
Get back on yor meds.

Tristan, the slandering net stalking psycho 4Fer is Roy Hauer.

"Tristan" wrote in message
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Carol........SHUT THE HELL UP you clueless jerk!


On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:38:02 -0600, Zëbulon
wrote:


"Tynk" wrote in message
groups.com...

Zëbulon wrote:

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For now keep doing partial water changes until the cycle finishes.
Don't
disturb the gravel or filter material as the good bacteria are tying
to
hang
on and multiply. Keep feeding sparingly and keep us posted.
--
ZB....

Actually, they *should* vacuum the gravel during the cycling period.

That's not what I was told to do unless there was decomposing food on
it.
And that advice has always worked for me. :-)

The nitrifying bacteria secrete a glue like substance and adhere to
every surface. They are NOT going anywhere. Vacuuming gravel isn't
going to budge them.

Then vacuum it. I'll do as I've always done since it works so well
for me.

It would do more harm to the health of the tank *not* to vacuum during
a cycle.

True, if there is uneaten food or decaying plants lying on it. It's
whatever works for YOU. What works BEST for me is to feed lightly and
do
enough partial water changes to keep the the ammonia/nitrites at not
lethal
levels until the cycle is finished.



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