Algarde Aquarium Cleaner

[phoenixgsd]

i bought one of these http/www.petsathome.com/shop/aquarium-power-cleaner-by-algarde-30323 after reading a thread on here and despite reading the rather sparse intructions i cant get it to work, is there a knack, i have a common type of air pump with adjustable flow, which i attached as per instructions, switched it on but no suction whatsoever

 

[phoenixgsd]

anyone?

 

[cms091]

Can you see big bubbles floating up the tube and dragging bits of poo etc up with them? The suction is not strong but it's enough to suck small to medium mts up!

Cathy

 

[Akasha72]

Hi, I have one (trying to remember if it was you I had the discussion with about it) Are you submerging the bag? If the bag isn't fully submerged it won't work. The top also needs to out of the water - there's a small hole in the green top that should spit tiny amounts of water.

There is a knack with them, I keep mine on an angle and now I've changed my gravel substrate to sand I also wave it around about an inch about the sand to stir up the muck and not so much of the sand.

My air pump has a valve to adjust the flow of air, I keep it turned down now so the suction isn't so strong and my sand stays in the tank so it shouldn't matter if your air pump isn't so strong

 

[phoenixgsd]

i had it upside down

 

[Akasha72]

i had it upside down

Glad you got it going though now