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Went On Vacation, Fish Tank Is Disgustingly Dirty – Want To Clean It Properly?

DISCLAIMER: I am new to the whole fish scene and have very little knowledge about proper maintenance aside from gravel vacuums. I have a 10 gallon tank and a few basic fish.
I went on vacation for 2 months and my friend was supposed to watch my fish for me. She fed them daily but for some reason never changed the filter and didn’t use any of the ammonia and algae control chemical thingies I bought… I get back and my fish tank is disgusting… there is gross black/green stuff all over the tank walls, plant things and gravel.
I used my gravel vacuum and cleaned up as much as I could (30% water change) and added some of the ammonia reducer (it smelled awful and from my understanding that’s ammonia build up) and some algae reducer/growth control.
My question is how do I *SAFELY* clean my tank properly? The gravel is significantly better but the tank walls + plants/ornaments are pretty gross. I was thinking about buying one of those magnetic wall cleaners is that a good idea? and I remember reading that you should never clean out an entire tank (remove fish, clean gravel, plants, etc) is this true?
Thanks in advance for any help!

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