DIY Aquarium Gravel Vacuum Cleaner

Turn your ordinary syphon into an air-pump driven Automatic Gravel Vacuum Cleaner. No need for water change. Cheap and simple.

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• DIY
• Air-Pump
• Driven
• Gravel
• Vacuum
• Cleaner
• Aquarium
• Akvarijum
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• usisivač
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• akvarijumske
• podloge
• dna
• sifon
• syphon

[spongeex]

Hey i have an 80 liters epr hour air pump will that work ? uuhm and where can i get an invisible pvc pipe ? and what pvc pipe i need for an 54 liter fish tank 60x30x30 cm 1 inch wide ?

[DarkoAqua]

@spongeex Pump will be OK. Clear PVC pipes can be obtained from a cheap siphon you can look at aqua shops or even some auto stores (they are used to tank gasoline in emergency events) or at some house supply stores. 1.0 ~ 1.5 cm pipe diameter will be OK, don't go with wider, because of your pump's power and 30 cm height.

[spongeex]

@DarkoAqua Oke so 80 liter poer hour is enough and i gues 1 cm pipe wide is enough two?

But i wanna get an transparant pvc pipe and we have here in the netherlands Do it Your Self Store Like Gamma,Formido They have there alot of pvc pipes but not transparant

[DarkoAqua]

@spongeex Just buy the cheap siphon like I did in the video, disaseble it and you will get the clear PVC part. If you can't find this siphon, just ask someone in your local aqua forums, someone must know where you can find them. Clear PVC pipes are used in external filters, so you can take one of those maybe. Good luck.

[spongeex]

@DarkoAqua Hmm here are siphons realy expensive $29 are they here so im not gonna buy that. but what if i take an transparant garden hose and a knitching needle take the needle tape it on the top and bottom of the hose so its straight. my pump is an 80 litres per hour is that enouhgh ?

[DarkoAqua]

@spongeex good idea

[kd4kzz]

Thanks Im going to give this a try. Siphoning pulling to much water off and leaving waste behind.

[shoopwhoopX]

tiger barb dont give a shit,

[DarkoAqua]

Barbus (Puntius) Tetrazona, or Tiger Barbs in many shops. Keep in mind they are not very peacefull fishes towards some other popular spicies like Guppies and Angel Fish (Scalare) because they tend to eat their tails. Keep them in school of at least 5 or 6 to avoid that problem. They are very attractive fishes since they are very curious and constantly examines all things in tank. Hope this helps! :)

[aljondavid]

what do u call that fish at 1:49? the like tiger fish thing...respond quick please