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I created this video review of a automatic gravel vacuum, which also addresses its low suction problem. Amazon has pretty useless rules for video reviews, like only 10 mins, only 100mb etc. My video could not fit in those requirements, so I have uploaded it at youtube here.
I gave 4 stars out of 5 and took off one star from the review on amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003OYOPNW) because I had to do a little quick trick to make it work better and its on/off button cap is faulty. Other than that, with the trick I have shown in the video, this would do really perfect job of cleaning your aquarium.
For all those buyers, who are confused about the mixed reviews on amazon, I would request them to watch this video, you can actually see the vacuum in action and see how much suction it has got. You can then easily decide whether to buy or not.
Nice purchase for my aquarium, I am happy with it.
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Yikes! A razor knife on a counter top…but on to the topic of the suction unit, if you don't have adequate circulation in the tank and poor filtering, you will be forced to use a device similar to this. A recommendation is to keep the unit's filter stock. Good mod on the pickup head, perhaps just a bit of packing tape would work.
Your fishes must be laughing their asses off man!! Is this meant to be a informative video or a cry for help?! I wonder
Ordered one just now, thanks for the great review , you're easy to listen to. Very clear and best of luck to you and your fishes bud!
Excellent help great job! We need more people like you! Thanks
Thank you, great review, most helpful.
Where did you buy that tank vacuum you and how much do they cost
why would you use discharged batteries to start? waste my time.
really helpful video…thanks so much! also, really awesome info about "c" battery cartridges that adapt to fit size "a" batteries?! who knew?! thanks again
Thanks… ordering mine now!
great video but u don't have enough gravel's in your aquarium thanx very helpful video
uhmmm…you're supposed to bury the suction cup into the gravel causing a 'soft' lift, this raises the gravel and debris. The debris then gets caught in the filtering mechanism and the gravel continues to pool within the suction cup till you raise it above the gravel bed.
You can do the same thing with a manual gravel cleaner, controlling the suction at points by bending the hose using your hand as a clamp. :)
you dont have enough gravel in that fish tank for the device to work correctly, reason why u dont get a god suction, i think that device is way to big for the small tank honestly
What type of goldfish is the little calico one?
Will this cleaner work to clean poop in a 100gal?
Very nice review and great tips.
An extremely handy product with a gravel tube. Check it out on Amazon http://goo.gl/zZNvJc
Great video. C battery adapter, never knew they existed, thank you.
W.T.F are you doing ?
First of all you reviewing this battery power gravel cleaner than you talk about the batteries etc by changing it ??
Lower your water in tank, why you need it so high for lol ?
If you read the instructions it says to cut the tabs to your tank medium depth.
thank you for your explanation. It helps me a lot
You used a box cutter directly on your countertop bro… gonna leave a scratch =/
Great and really informative video! I laughed so hard at 3:14 😀
Hope to find one today in the shops today!
I justgot mine today and did the same what you did! I taped plastic on the siphon! And it worked great! I will test it on Sand Substrate!
One of the finest reviews of a product… regardless of product's pros or cons… Just ordered mine online… I am a first time owner of Pet Fish 10 gallon tank, so this coming weekend is my first water/gravel cleaning day and was literally dreading it… And, Eheims are soooooooooooo pricey…
Very informative video. Thanks. You should do a review of the eheim quick vacation pro
Great review…..CHRIS THE HOBBY GUY
Thanks for showing this product Charansing. I noticed a lot of people have issues with the suction cup attachment, when I read the product reviews on amazon.com. The creator should redesign it like you did here with the tape. But you should redesign your idea here with the additional hose and patton the product and sell it. I would buy. lol
I wanted to ask if the bag is durable and how long it might last? Thanks 🙂
Just use the correct batteries you nut case..
Get those goldfish a bigger tank, please :(
Is there some reason you didn't use actual C batteries? Perhaps it would vacuum properly without modification if you used the correct batteries in the first place.