Gravel Cleaning Question - Small Tank. - Aquarium Advice

rvijay07 · 07-13-2003, 06:50 PM

How can the gravel be cleaned for a 2G tank ? Is there a special gravel cleaner for this or is it just done manually ?

Thanks.

Vijay

azn dreamer · 07-13-2003, 06:52 PM

Gravel vaccum cleans the gravel pretty good

rvijay07 · 07-13-2003, 07:10 PM

Is there a web-site for this product ? Thanks.

Vijay

tkos · 07-13-2003, 07:11 PM

You can buy them at walmart. They are just a siphone tube with a grate to block gravel from being sucked up. You use them during water changes.

MicroFish · 07-13-2003, 11:25 PM

I use a small gravel vacuum in mine but there is one problem (at least for me - I haven't figured out a way around it yet). I have to "start" the siphoning myself by sucking on the end of the tube to get it started.... the first time I did this, well... let's just say that fish water isn't very tasty to humans. [acronym:d1c49ad6a1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:d1c49ad6a1]

Anyway, the problem was that the smaller tanks (we have 3 of them) don't allow me to get the whole gravel vacuum inside and "pump" it up and down like I can in the larger tank... I don't know why I can't get it to work w/ the smaller tanks, I'm sure there is a way, I just haven't been able to figure it out. But the gravel vacuums do work.

Sheila

tkos · 07-13-2003, 11:46 PM

I haven't figured it out either. But I am very good at avoiding a mouthful of of fish water now.

shawmutt · 07-14-2003, 12:38 AM

All you are trying to get by vacuuming the gravel is all the junk that settled in the gravel. I'd just use some airline tubing, about 3 or 4 feet so I'd have plenty of time to get it out of my mouth. Here's a trick for you: just suck enough to make water go up and over the tank, put your thumb over the end of the tubing, and move it over to the bucket (or glass for 20% of a 2 gallon

). Once the tubing is over the bucket, remove your thumb and let gravity do the rest.

hisc1ay · 07-14-2003, 03:16 PM

yeah, gravity is your friend. No need to drink.

-j

tkos · 07-14-2003, 03:53 PM

Oh I long since learned all of those tricks. But eventually your mind wanders and .....

07-14-2003, 04:41 PM

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But eventually your mind wanders and .....

Yup! especially if you are like me and normally do all your water changes on the same day, you are bound to drink a bit of tank water. What the heck, it ain't killt me yet!

07-13-2003, 06:50 PM	#1
rvijay07 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 292	Gravel Cleaning Question - Small Tank. How can the gravel be cleaned for a 2G tank ? Is there a special gravel cleaner for this or is it just done manually ? Thanks. Vijay

07-13-2003, 06:52 PM	#2
azn dreamer Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: australia Posts: 140	Gravel vaccum cleans the gravel pretty good __________________ accept fate...don't question it

07-13-2003, 11:25 PM	#5
MicroFish Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Gainesville, FL (USA) Posts: 78 Images: 7	I use a small gravel vacuum in mine but there is one problem (at least for me - I haven't figured out a way around it yet). I have to "start" the siphoning myself by sucking on the end of the tube to get it started.... the first time I did this, well... let's just say that fish water isn't very tasty to humans. [acronym:d1c49ad6a1="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:d1c49ad6a1] Anyway, the problem was that the smaller tanks (we have 3 of them) don't allow me to get the whole gravel vacuum inside and "pump" it up and down like I can in the larger tank... I don't know why I can't get it to work w/ the smaller tanks, I'm sure there is a way, I just haven't been able to figure it out. But the gravel vacuums do work. Sheila __________________ Check out our fish & snakes at this link: http://www.rendezvuonline.com/fish

07-14-2003, 12:38 AM	#7
shawmutt Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Greencastle, PA Posts: 2,050 Images: 6	All you are trying to get by vacuuming the gravel is all the junk that settled in the gravel. I'd just use some airline tubing, about 3 or 4 feet so I'd have plenty of time to get it out of my mouth. Here's a trick for you: just suck enough to make water go up and over the tank, put your thumb over the end of the tubing, and move it over to the bucket (or glass for 20% of a 2 gallon ). Once the tubing is over the bucket, remove your thumb and let gravity do the rest. __________________ ~Mike Shaw Shawmutt.com. Blogs and Pictures of the Massively Multiplayer Offline game, Real Life.

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07-13-2003, 07:10 PM	#3
rvijay07 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 292	Is there a web-site for this product ? Thanks. Vijay

07-13-2003, 07:11 PM	#4
tkos Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 1,423	You can buy them at walmart. They are just a siphone tube with a grate to block gravel from being sucked up. You use them during water changes.

07-13-2003, 11:46 PM	#6
tkos Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 1,423	I haven't figured it out either. But I am very good at avoiding a mouthful of of fish water now.

07-14-2003, 03:16 PM	#8
hisc1ay Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 529 Images: 11	yeah, gravity is your friend. No need to drink. -j

07-14-2003, 03:53 PM	#9
tkos Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 1,423	Oh I long since learned all of those tricks. But eventually your mind wanders and .....

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