Cleaning your filters, doing a water change and vacuuming your substrate are all good things ... but is it really a bad thing to do them all at once? This is a question I get asked and in this video I'm going to share how I do it.

As a bonus, at the end of this video I'm going to share with you how I dial in my maintenance schedule to get the best results, without overdoing it, spending too much time at it and in a way that doesn't harm the fish one bit!

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