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A glue stick and a hot glue gun will work fine under water. That's what I use when I am fixing on the media compartment in my homemade cannister filters. And it's non toxic.
Actually yeah on second thought a frequent surface clean is probably sufficient, don't want to go depriving the roots of ANY available nutrients or disturbing any beneficial bacteria in the substrate.
Just a query.
It looks like you have the prawns in a ziplock bag, am I right?
If so, is it sealed or open? Are you allowing the main column of tank water to have constant access to it so it can pass into your filter?
New unwashed pantyhose are a better option.
My husband and I actually built our own "python" just using ordinary garden hose, about 50 ft of it, and a sort of "y" shape plumbing fixture with a screw on cap to block the outlet when it comes time to refill and a tap adaptor. It cost us about 20 euro which is only about $27.
Correct me if I'm wrong but what I think you mean to say is "How do I do a "gravel vac" in a planted tank?
If so, then the usual procedure would be to give a good deep vac to areas where you have no plants or plant roots, but where you do have roots or plants themselves, you only very gently...