How To Vacuum Sand?

[shaloric7]

How can you vacuum sand? If I attach the large nozzle, the suction is so weak that barely anything is picked up. If I just use the small hose, sand gets sucked up at an alarming rate.

 

[Khuligirl93]

I have had trouble with this recently also. But I have discovered if you use the smaller hose, hold it a few inches above the sand and swirl it around in circles, the debris will create a little tornado and get sucked up while the sand mostly stays down.

 

[hackerbee]

Can you reduce the suction if the small hose by kinking it slightly? I usually try to get more suction by avoiding kinks with a big hose, but it should work the other way around.

 

[sansouci01]

Khuligirl93 has got it right. Take the large part off the hose and just use the hose itself. Make a swirling motion near the bottom and get a little tornado started. Then just suck up the junk in the water. Works great in my 55 gallon.

 

[shaloric7]

OK, thanks guys.

 

[procell]

youtube has many video's on how to clean sand was very helpful for me when I had sand