Yea the fish poop still gathers there whether there are plants or not. The plants don't consume that stuff and so it is still necessary to vacuum your gravel when doing a change. But you should be able to mostly vacuum AROUND the plants and not disturb them much. Besides a little disturbance to them isn't the same as disturbing live corals for example. They don't react the same and so should be perfectly fine. _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  |