I agree ^^. You should never have to take all the fish out to clean the tank. Just use your gravel vac and clean the gravel and take out about 20-30% of the water, then replace.
I'm not sure if you rinsed the gravel or not, but you shouldn't do that.
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*Kristin*
5 Planted tanks:
55g, 40g, 29g, 10g, 5.5g
10g N. multifasciatus tank, 5.5g Platy fry
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