Water Change In Small Tank

[jman828]

I have my healing betta in a .8 gal tank yes I KNOW this is WAY too small, he will be going into my divided 10 gal with one other betta very soon once he's done healing, but my question is I hate dumping out all the water and reagranging the gravel and stuff during the 100% water changes so is it okay just to vaccuum it out or do I have to dump it and clean gravel etc. (of course without the fish )

[Leeniex]

If it's really just a QT, I would get rid of the gravel. It makes changing much simpler.

[jman828]

It is but he's gonna be in there a while because his whole tail fell off and has to grow back it's half there again

[jman828]

but is it ok to vacuum or do i have to dump and rinse with hot water and such

[SmokeNLark]

In that small of a space, vacuuming seems like too much work and won't get all the nasties out. I would take the fish out, dump the water and swish it a few times until you don't see any more junk rinse out then fill back up. You don't need to use hot water unless you want to.

[youlovegnats]

Vacuuming would be kinda hard to do...
I say dump all the gravel out of the tank and make it bare. It's much easier that way to do water changes. .8 is also perfect for a QT/med tank. :)

[jman828]

Ok cool, thanks :)

[youlovegnats]

^^ No problem.

[jman828]

So I took out the gravel and it's SOO much easier to clean!!! But.....this is probably a stupid question...... will he be sad that it's gone or anything else lol...
Dont laugh

[youlovegnats]

Haha (oops I laughed xD). No he'll be fine. Gravel is really only something to make tanks look pretty. It won't affect him. :)