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Just watched this video. I had a similar rig for my tank about 12 years ago. Instead of finding a smaller pump, use the ball valve to reduce the water flow and that should take care of the sand problem mentioned in the video. Sorry if this was already mentioned in another comment. Nice setup. Think I'll revisit this for the small aquarium store I work at.

Brilliant!! I used to hate gravel vacuuming because I have to top up the water again with correct TDS. This idea is cool 👍

This was genius! I happened to be looking for a DIY wet/dry vac system to attach to my regular normal vacuum cleaner so I can wash out a window a/c without flooding my apartment and this video popped up and caught my eye. Having a 10 gal fish tank devoted solely to a quite now oversized goldfish bought 4 years ago to keep another goldfish company that my little daughter's teacher gave out, I'm finding myself doing a twice daily poop scooping with a net and a 40% water change 3 times a week to keep up with this monster's urine and poop production. I can't wait to rig something up like this. Thanks for the idea!

cleaned my tank with a gravel vac similar to your design.i must say it worked awesomely

If you use a t valve in place of one of the threaded pipe couplers you can open and close the valve to allow water to come in the t-valve as well as your intake allowing you to control the suction strength while not affecting or straining the pump.

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Holy cow, I need this. New project! Thanks so much!

Wow, nice design. I like that you have combined all classic vac types into one. This reminds me of something I've got in the works. I still don't know if my idea is plausible, but if it is I will make a vid.

I just made this according to you instructions and it works great! I also use the ball valve to regulate the suction. Great and fun project!

Brilliant idea definitely going to be making one of these if the flow is too strong reduce the pressure with the Valve you’ve already put in line I would also be tempted to use a in-line filter instead of putting the floss in the neck you would be able to put it in the filter loads of cheap ones online

You can use it for sand as well. Reduce the suction power by decreasing the flow using a separate ball valve at the output section of the pump

We built the vac ourselves after having seen your vid, works great! just wish i went for a larger pump (currently only doing 750L/H), I'd recommend at least a 1500L/H pump... that said, we do have a rocky substrate, not sand. works SO well!

New king of DIY coming to town;)! Great video, narration and content are top notch!

I am an inventor working on this idea for awhile. I just tested it this very hour. The solution is simple and suck in everything faster with mesh screen ( to filter gravel from going into pump ) at intake. Put the tube with filters at the output right back into the tank filtered. I use porous foam plugs.

Nice one, man. Simple but very effective. I can't believe some penarse has hit the 'dislike' button already - You're doing a great job with these videos.

For everyone using this specific powerhead, be sure to seal the intake cap portion on the powerhead. it has an O ring, and twists to lock tight, but the seal isn't great. Check the video at 5:15 and you'll see he's done the same.

A wider bottle may reduce the upward flow rate, making it more suitable with sand. I haven't tried it, but it's an idea.

I bought the pump from City Pets close to my work near Beltway 8 and Beechnut in Houston and they even did price matching to the Amazon price plus a few dollars which was still less than shipping. I found all of the plumbing parts and even a perfect 20 oz. bottle at my local Home Depot and the Poly fill at Michaels. I struggled at first with the siphon like someone else mentioned but after I had the siphon completely flowing to a bucket I was able to plug the pump in and just dead headed it with my thumb in order to bring it back to the tank for recycle. I have only had my 36 gallon tank now for around one month but the amount of crud this thing extracted was just incredible. I use larger size gravel and so the concern about sand getting entrained was not a problem for me but I imagine chocking off the flow with the ball valve may work to control the vacuum pressure. I am going to add a power rated rocker switch to the line for easier on off control and may experiment with adding a squeeze siphon inline to get things started. Thanks DIY AQUAPRO TEAM!!

Thats just what i was looking for to clean my pond. Thank you very much

Can I use this system to clean a pond with lots of debris... Thanks for sharing this awesome idea

What sort of power head ( LPH ) would I need for this...been looking here in the Uk and only something like a Maxi Jet is near enough the size

Probably had been suggested before but you could cut relief slots in the bottom of the cup and drill a few small holes in the top to only allow lighter than sand material to get cycled properly. Haven't done it ever but maybe it just might work.

This is an awesome idea, great job. What I did, since I already had one of those siphoning gravel cleaners and an extra water filter that came with the aquarium kit I bought (but I upgraded to a better one), I simply run the water through the filter as it hangs over a bucket, and dump that water back in. Rinse out the filter media for use next time. If you don't have an extra filter, just stuff some media in the vacuum/bottle like they did here. It's nowhere near as convenient as this, though, but just an idea for others who aren't inclined to go through with this.

I use an external filter connected via a pipe to a gravel vacuum attachment so that water is filtered & fed back into the tank. Works better if the external filter is on a chair or table so it's at a similar height to the tank which means it's not trying to pump water to the tank as hard.

Awesome video. Tempted to try this for my new tank

Just what i needed! Thank you for this! GOD bless!

How well do you think the Ecoplus 185 would work for this? Would it have enough power to do the job?

Perfect. Now you can clean the bottom of the tank, even when your tank is standing right on the floor. The same with water changes. In my case, my paludarium is standing on the floor without closet. So I am going to make this! Thx. for the vid. Very clear.

hi could you give me a links where i can buy these parts you used in this video. i would like to make this with 50FT tube.

Is there an input and output on a submersible pump like the bigger one that is recommended? I want to build th his but the pumps with the two hose connectors are too weak for my gravel. :(

Will this work with Aragonite? Thanks for answering

Nicely done.. Heaps of info in a concise form!

Hey Mike tried this on my 20gal aquarium but couldn't get the siphon action going in order to start the process every time I did it air would keep coming into the system....would really appreciate it if you did a small detailed video on how to start the siphon action....PS my tanks about hip height!.....PS only modification I did was I used the flexible 12" hose rather than PVC. Thank and hope to receive a feed back!

Where can you get these fittings for a good price? B and q only has expensive PVC fittings

great video! similar to what i do except i put it back into the sump in my saltwater aquarium. subbed.

great tip sir. tried it, but no suction happened. tried submerging the pump, thats the time it started. what steps should i do so i wont need to submerged the whole pump?

Can we use sobo 1990 powerhead for 10 gallon tank?..i mean for gravel cleaning

How would you recommend putting the water back rather than bucket by bucket akig the huge ess

I do something similar for sand ....2 power heads mounted inside on each end of tank, mounted 4 inch from bottom...same water bottle technic...turn on and wait 15- 20 min.... the current working against each other stirs up the sand throwing the lighter stuff up into the water..... it then gets sucked up into the water bottle....... I then do my water change as normal..... I still do vacuum the sand but it take a lot of extra work out.... 2 power head method is used on my 55 gallon but I only use 1 power head for my 30.....

I was doing a water change and my siphon just stopped and I think the little circle that works the siphon got stuck or sumthing any help?

how did you install the second tubing?

Hi I can't fined that pump u used in the video can u tell me of any other pumps that will work

Great video! Predatory Fins suggested we watch this video.

Q: would a few sand damage the filter pump?

where do i get this power head from? i bought the one that is listed in the above link. it does not have input and output as shown in video.

The pump you link to has on the in side no connection as you have in the video. How did you get that?

Nicely done and well described. I will definitely be making one for myself :-)

good day DIY aquapros, nice tips, thank u for this...i really need it

Is this necessary for small tanks for fish like bettas??

Keep up the great work bud!

Hello buddy.. Thanks for sharing your idea...what is the power rating (W) you used here..

Can you link where I can buy the power head love this video by the way..

Do I need to prime the pump every time?

Cool! One thing I did differently was to just remove the bottle cap.

The link you provided for the powerhead redirects you to Amazon and then to a powerhead that doesn't look anything like the powerhead used in this DYI. Are you able to provide the make and model number for the unit you used, which includes the required threading for the attachments.

Any tips on starting the siphon? Struggling with that part

When you hit sand use the ball valve to slow it down

Awsome ideas. Definitely a project I'm going to try. Good job.

Do you know if they still sell these pumps? The links take you to submersible pumps. Thanks!

to slow the suction down why don't you close the ball valve down so it is reducing the flow ???

very important video, but the power head in the video is different from the pumps mentioned in the description, please please clarify, i want to make this, awesome idea. TIA

im gonna attach a big hosse and use it for water changes! thanks!

Question: I have a pea gravel bottomed tank. Could I attach a filter to the output side and run the water through the filter and right back into the tank?

Thank you for sharing this video 😀⭐

Keep it bro..you are doing great work...realse more video😍

Great idea. Debris out and clean water is siphoned right back in.

Yes very helpful now I can really save some money

could you use a smaller ecoplus pump?

what are the name of that materials and it size please help

I just built this. Works great.

What is the pump used in this video? I can't find any with female input and outputs. Please help ASAP

What a brilliant idea good job

awesome Idea it saves on doing the BUCKET thing.

Im starting to love Mike :-)

Thanks for the video

good idea BUT you should never throttle the intake of any pump. You can safely throttle the discharge of a centrifugal (kinetic) pump, which most aquarium pumps are. So install the ball valve on the discharge side of the pump.

if I'm correct what gravel vacuum available is so weak for this task so use this diy method for my own custom gravel vacuum much stronger and better than in the market.

I watched your ad. I hope that you get proceeds from that. :-) /thanks for the info. I have a pond that needs de mucking of plant matter. I think this will work.

When vacuuming gravel, use a wider bottle. It won't increase wear on your pump, but it will reduce vac inside the bottle.

Can i use a ecoplus 264 for this? Same materials used for this 1/2" fittings and all?

nice job!

Great video! You earned a sub & I'm not talking about Subway either😂.

Great Video Thanks for the information.

Is it safe to more fresh tap water in without using tape safe liquid ?

Instead of a power head, would a normal submersible pump work?

so can I leave the water pump outside the tank ? and can it pump the water as 15ft long ?

so sick man gud job

Dont wower head needs to be submerged in water to work, if not what kind of powerhead I need to get, please help

The project is so great but I have a question : How powerhead can be worked if impeller running 'dry' ? That's external pump and it's not easy to make powerhead works unless you place it in the Aquarium tank I brought 1 external pump with input and output and it doens't work, there no water flow coming in & out...You guys got any advices ?

Is it okay for power head to ve turn on while it's not submerged at a water?

If you use a wider and longer bottle like a 2 liter you should still have enough pull to suck out the debris while letting sand and smaller pebbles fall back down.

Where can a power head like that be purchased?

How did u adapt the pump

many many thanks brother

Good job

are diotom filter cleaners still available???

can i use a non threadable powerhead?

That was genius!

Great video Welldone