Eheim Aquarium Vacuum Cleaner

[Maxta]

This thing:

http/www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/fish/water_a...equipment/13384

By the picture, theres no tubes, so does the water/dirt just get sucked up, then the dirt gets stuck to the filter and the water flows out the side of it straight back into the tank?

Does anyone know? Im really interested, i clean my tank 1 or 2 times a week, but in between, literally hours afterwards it gets messy again - due to the messy pleco, and the leftover food. So it would really come in handy.

Thanks

 

[afishdude]

it pulls it up then filters it and puts the water back in. useless with water changes

 

[Maxta]

Thats okay, dont want it for water changes, want it for getting all the crap my pleco leaves hours after water change. My tank looks constantly messy, i have sand as a substrate.

 

[morgan]

I use a battery operated gravel vac for clean ups between weekly water change as I have a 15" Pleco. You can imagine the mess it makes LOL. It cost about £14. Only problem I had was my tank is 2 feet deep so the vac worked quite a few times but eventually stopped. I just bought another one and put the two tubes together. It works fine. It draws the water and dirt up and and then through a small bag (don't buy the bags, cut up tights do the same job). You can buy an extra deep cleaner but they're not so common. I don't know about the one you mentioned but mine is much cheaper (even with having to buy two!). I got mine from either Pets at Home or Wilson's. A chain store anyway. Had it a while, very useful. HTH.

 

[DevUK]

I use a battery operated gravel vac for clean ups between weekly water change as I have a 15" Pleco. You can imagine the mess it makes LOL. It cost about £14. Only problem I had was my tank is 2 feet deep so the vac worked quite a few times but eventually stopped. I just bought another one and put the two tubes together. It works fine. It draws the water and dirt up and and then through a small bag (don't buy the bags, cut up tights do the same job). You can buy an extra deep cleaner but they're not so common. I don't know about the one you mentioned but mine is much cheaper (even with having to buy two!). I got mine from either Pets at Home or Wilson's. A chain store anyway. Had it a while, very useful. HTH.

I think they are made by Marina. I have one too

 

[Maxta]

Im lookin at one on ebay thats used but cheap atm.

Havent seen any in my local pets at homes. Got a picture/link? Do they work the same, suck the water/crap up and filter the water directly back into the tank?

 

[DevUK]

Im lookin at one on ebay thats used but cheap atm.

Havent seen any in my local pets at homes. Got a picture/link? Do they work the same, suck the water/crap up and filter the water directly back into the tank?

This is the one I have. Cost me about £12 from P@H and seems to do an OK job

 

[Maxta]

Cool thanks. Cheaper, i may get one, thats if i see em.

 

[T1KARMANN]

they are both crap i have used the both

just use a gravel cleaner when you do the water change 100% better than this bit of junk

 

[morgan]

He just wants to clean up after the Pleco in between water changes. I have also heard of people using turkey basters just to clean up Pleco mess. I haven't tried it myself but if it worked it would be even cheaper. Mine is the same style to the one in the link which DevUK provided. It works very well even with the extra length tubing.

 

[Darkstar]

I use two of those vacuum cleaners in a 2ft deep plec tank, with 8 different plecs in it and the vacuum cleaner works a great in between water changes. Tikarmann may jut not know how to use one properly lol.


hmmm turkey basters for cleaning up pleco mess....not sure that one woudl work terribly well. Breeders do however user turkey basters for sucking up lost fry though, they're damn handy for that.