[video=youtube;exR8NE7hmeY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exR8NE7hmeY[/video] I was watching this video, and I was like oh my gee willikers oh I do declare something like that might be awful helpful in cleaning debris from my aquarium without doing a water change! Concept seems simple enough, create a vacuum by trapping the air in a tube like apparatus, then release the air and let the change in pressure create suction like when playing with a straw in a restaurant. question is letting the water escape without letting the soot escape like with the debris filter. I could see a couple ways to do this but do you guys have any experience with building something like this? I was thinking maybe just try to replicate the design but any improvement ideas on this would be very helpful, thank you!
Help creating a spavac for aquarium maintenance please ?!
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I would think the mulm would just particulate and run out with the water causing a big jump in dissolved solids. There is a huge difference between pool debris and the crud in your tank. You run into the same problem with the Eheim vacuum thingy, cloudy poopie water. Maybe a filter could be added?? but one fine enough would drain really slow and clog fast. Good idea, though. No water or electricity wasted.
Oh I really was just looming to get all that fine dissolved crud left over after a gravel vacuuming, maybe a one way valve leading to a discharge with a filter?
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Looks like the pool device was designed to vac up gravel off the bottom of the pool. I don't think it will work to vac up sludge from your tank. Unless you want to vac up some gravel then it work perfect.
Get yourself an aquaclear HOB. Remove the strainer at the bottom of the intake tube. Put the end of the hose from the gravel vac into the intake tube and vacuum away.
I use this method to get snails and stuff out of a nano tank with a straw. Just hold your finger on the end, submerge, get close to what you want to pickup and release. Put finger back on and lift out. Quickly. Not as elaborate but only costs like .99 for 250 of em.
Eheim makes an underwater vacuum
Eheim makes an underwater vacuum
Of course I tried it. Why else would I recommend doing it? Yes the suction holds up unless your tank is super dirty and the filter clogs up. Then you just clean the filter and continue.
Hey you know how people on the internet are bro lol, I just ask cause my tank is 3 ft tall and would worry about loss suction with the extension is why.