I am looking to buy an electric gravel vacuum. I prefer one which has a long handle so that i can easily reach the bottom of my 30" high tank. Anyone ever used one of these?
What is the Best Electric Gravel Vacuum Cleaner?
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The best gravil vac I've ever used or even owned was a magnum 350 canister with a micron cartrage and attached to a conventional type vac. (Pictures available on my ****This Old Filter**** Blog under the Magnum heading...
I tryed one of those cruddy little battery powered stick things with a bag attached...You'd be better off sucking it out and spitting the water through a pair of panty hose... LOL
I tryed one of those cruddy little battery powered stick things with a bag attached...You'd be better off sucking it out and spitting the water through a pair of panty hose... LOL
Wolf3101;1211407; said:
so what do you use now? so you recomend this as an efficient way to clean gravel? thanks
I havn't tryed one of the air pump models. I'd Still be using the mag 350 except that I no longer have it. We have freshwater clams in all of the tanks that keep the substrait clean and mixed up. I just do a light vac with the hose when doing water changes and thats it.
before i set up my tank i used a xp3 filter to clean my old tank and it worked better than any gravelvac does
I never really understood the reasoning behind the battery or air driven vacuums. While gravel vac'ing this way removes waste in the gravel (which is good), it does nothing for the water quality. You might as well do a water change with a gravel vac. It's more benfical to the fish beacause changing your water will dilute out the nitrates. 