Help! I dont want to hurt my little puffers

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clueless
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Help! I dont want to hurt my little puffers

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this might be a totally stupid question but i'm gonna ask anyway. when doing weekly water changes for gsp's, do i leave them in the tank while vaccuming the top of their sand?
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Yep. Leave em in :D
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Post by Pufferpunk »

Be sure to stir up the sand before you vacuum too.
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Post by Hilly »

If you have some easily removeable decor in there, it would be worth carefully removing it (slowly as to not spook the GSP's) first then give the sand a good stir, wait for 10 minutes or so and just syphon all the waste off the top.

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