Recommend Me A Good Gravel Vac Please

[bullheaduk]

I am looking for a good gravel vac with good suction for my 240 litre planted tank.
I have been using a siphon type, but don't want to take water out everytime i use it. And i always uproot or trash some plants while doing it.
I want to gravel clean more frequently with a vac with good suction.
I have been looking at the "pgr 1000, mains power gravel cleaner" and the battery operated "eheim sludge extracter"
I would guess that the pgr 1000 is better because it is mains powered. Am i right, or do you know of something better.
Any advice greatfully recieved

 

[bullheaduk]

I am looking for a good gravel vac with good suction for my 240 litre planted tank.
I have been using a siphon type, but don't want to take water out everytime i use it. And i always uproot or trash some plants while doing it.
I want to gravel clean more frequently with a vac with good suction.
I have been looking at the "pgr 1000, mains power gravel cleaner" and the battery operated "eheim sludge extracter"
I would guess that the pgr 1000 is better because it is mains powered. Am i right, or do you know of something better.
Any advice greatfully recieved

Anyone please

 

[raptorrex]

I am looking for a good gravel vac with good suction for my 240 litre planted tank.
I have been using a siphon type, but don't want to take water out everytime i use it. And i always uproot or trash some plants while doing it.
I want to gravel clean more frequently with a vac with good suction.
I have been looking at the "pgr 1000, mains power gravel cleaner" and the battery operated "eheim sludge extracter"
I would guess that the pgr 1000 is better because it is mains powered. Am i right, or do you know of something better.
Any advice greatfully recieved

Anyone please

http/www.charterhouse-aquatics.co.uk/cat...ered-p-971.html

this seems good. a few people here use one. trawling the net reveals they have a good rep all round.

 

[BigC]

http/www.wynia.org/wordpress/aquariums-a...gravel-cleaner/

 

[saltynay]

I use a cut off from a garden hose.

 

[Mr Spoon]

I got a eheim sludge extracter. It's good but not as powerfull as a syphon. Also it makes the tank cloudy if you don't empty the muck out every couple of minutes.

 

[Richard22b]

I use this one:
[URL="http/www.charterhouse-aquatics.co.uk/catalog/underworld-power-hangon-gravel-cleaner-p-1689.html?osCsid=50315bf082928f00b2719f827abef77d"]http/www.charterhouse-aquatics.co.uk/cat...2719f827abef77d[/URL]

Works really well

 

[raptorrex]

I use a cut off from a garden hose.

yep, i bet you would be surprised by how many do! lol I'm still on the old type much like this look here.

 

[saltynay]

I honestly use a cut off from a garden hose with a 8cm piece of 16/22mm tubing on the end, works really well and cost me virtually nothing.

 

[doktor doris]

I use a plastic 500ml coke bottle with the bottom cut off attached to some aquarium hose

 

[Infidel_Uk]

I use this one:
<a href="http/www.charterhouse-aquatics.co.uk/catalog/underworld-power-hangon-gravel-cleaner-p-1689.html?osCsid=50315bf082928f00b2719f827abef77d" target="_blank">http/www.charterhouse-aquatics.co.uk/cat...2719f827abef77d</a>

Works really well

on what substrate ?

 

[andy d]

If your tank is above waist hight or so it's really easy to just DIY a bit of hose and use that. Gravity will take over and just syphon it off when your doing water changes.

 

[Richard22b]

I use this one:
<a href="http/www.charterhouse-aquatics.co.uk/catalog/underworld-power-hangon-gravel-cleaner-p-1689.html?osCsid=50315bf082928f00b2719f827abef77d" target="_blank">http/www.charterhouse-aquatics.co.uk/cat...2719f827abef77d</a>

Works really well

on what substrate ?

I used it in my old 100ltr tank with gravel sub and now use it in my 535ltr tank with a fine sand sub.

 

[Elrohirthehasty]

get one that can hook up to your sink, it makes cleaning and refilling much faster!

 

[backtotropical]

get one that can hook up to your sink, it makes cleaning and refilling much faster!

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