Great idea, I’m thinking I definately need one, best sand cleaner I’ve ever seen 👍👍👍🙏

This has been on my mind for a long time now never got around to the fabrication due to pump size and filter micron. Thank you for the info and demonstration.

I like it!!! I do the same except through a filter bag stuffed with floss but some detritus tends to make it through and into the sump. Might have to try this little DIY project. Thanks for sharing.

Love this idea! Definitely going to try this for my new tank.

Haha nice! I was just thinking about creating something like this. I clean pools and its the same concept! Love it man!

What a great idea! I was literally just using an old maxi jet 1200 for the same purpose and worked quite nicely! But sicce are definitely better more reliable pumps. The timing of this video was uncanny for me! :)

Brilliant! This may have an application as a water polisher as well.

Thanks for posting, excellent idea and definitely planning on doing this. Will mount the RO filter in my hidden "plumbing jungle" with a hose or PVC going to the sump instead of placing it inside but other than that you streamlined my tank maintenance a bit more.

Great idea Dev. Looks to have worked a treat too 😀

Really love this idea!

Great video. I was in that thought process but never went through with it lol. Excellent job chief.

Very cool Dev, I will have to pick up some parts.

Perfect. I was cheap and connected pump directly to a micron filter and dropped it into the tank overnight with awesome results too. With a sump it would be even easier. 5micron for ultra polishing , one $5 per event. The bigger whole house filter cartridges of maybe 20 to 30 micron last alot longer and may be cleaned for a few uses. Much better than filter socks, no effect on water level or water flow. Never thought of this application so I may purchase the casing to make it super tidy. Thanks.

Awsome loved the idea ,gona give that a try.thank you ,you come up with the coolest ideas .

I love this idea. Will try it out

Mate this is insanely Smart thank you! Such an over looked idea.

This is awesome 👏 will definitely use this method soon thank you for sharing 👍👌👊

Great stuff Deven! I'll be making one of these now if I can find the parts in the UK

Great video and very ingenious way to clean the sand bed

I may try this on my smaller system. I am a bare bottom guy, but I have a small mixed reef tank that I am leaning toward adding sand. I also have a few RO canisters hanging around and more importantly, I have the same exact pump you used! This is a great idea man!

Brilliant idea and great DIY project thanks for sharing

You come up so many cool things love your videos have learned so much from you thanks

Definitely will come in handy!

You are always quite clever and full of good ideas.

This is a smashing idea. What’s the black part that’s on top of the tube where you connected the elbow to?

Iv used an old canister filter for years, fill it with filter floss, traps all the dirt & keeps circling water back into the tank. I leave it running for about and hour after disturbing the bed to polish the water water clean. I disconnect and clean the cannister out. Very straight forward and saves wasting water and xleans the tank better

That's AWESOME!!!! I'm Impressed!!! 😀

Great idea! After you rinse off the filter you can bleach the finer parts and use the filter over & over. Just use Prime or air dry in the sun to remove the bleach. Love your DYI side!

Anyone else start to panic when he was cutting the clear pipe? Haha careful dude! Also, fantastic idea, I can't wait to try it!

Great idea mate. Would be interesting to get the water tested after to see how clean the return is. 🤙

Brilliant idea thanks for sharing this.

Great idea. Between the collection tube and the hose you used a rubber 'boot' with eh clamps you mentioned. But actually it looks like its 2 separate boots. What were the sizes and can you please include a link to those as well? Thank you -

Looks great, would adding a little valve work so you didnt have to kink the hose to stop sucking up sand into the filter?

I saw this & thought it was a great idea. I bought everything I needed. Bought a python vacuum tube with included hose, then the fittings & Sicce 0.5 pump. Unfortunately I have an all in 1 & this pump is not powerful enough even when primed. I believe it would definitely work if I had a sump. Great idea but I am going to need a more powerful pump to get this achieved. Thanks for the idea!

Awesome idea!🐟

Awesome idea thank you

Love the idea, thanks

Brilliant!

Great idea 💡 going to try it. Haven’t heard back from Australia 🇦🇺 have you done anything with Van at T. G’s maybe on systems and corals. He’s got a pretty sweet setup going on.

Really cool!

funny I was thinking of doing this with a 6 stage canister filter with a UV light. I wonder if poly fill tightly stuffed in the canister would work as good or better or maybe a pre-filter?

Best thing I have ever done 2 thumbs up mate

Love this diy idea. I bought all the pieces you recommended but where did you get the part that connected the clear pipe to the 1/2” hose which you used the screw right ring to tighten the clear pipe to? Happy reefing!

Love it. I would only add a valve in case you need to slow the water some to keep the sand from making it to the top or stop the water for an emergency. I will definitely be doing this. Thank you for this brilliant idea.

Hello bud, another great video of DIY project, I use the EHIME green canister filter for this and to polish the water, I use 20 micron felt and filter pads for this job, only difference in mine is that water comes in on the botom of the filter and goes up to the pump and pump pushes water out, if i have to clean i shut valves on the input and output of the filters and clean it out, g

Good stuff!

What did you use to connect the rubber fitting at the top of the vac tube and the 1/2" fitting?

I love that idea 👍🏾👍🏾

This is great, thanks for sharing. I think I’m just gonna connect it to my existing python 🐍

Awesome idea! I’ll have to try this out when I get the new tank setup

i can't seem to find the 1/2 inch to 1/2 inch coupler between the pump and filter housing. i can find brass but not PVC. Can you tell me where i can get that?

Great idea 👍

I am using a Sicce 1.0 as my return pump on my RSR250 - eeek - maybe I will urn it into this ;)

Wonder how I could do this if I had an AIO and no sump. I really need to clean my sand and I’ve tried the filter sock but like you said the hose come out and it wasn’t fun using it.

If you don't have a sump you can put a tube from the pump on the reactor back into the tank.

amazing, thanks for this!

Dev put a low micron sock on at the pump return help polish the water, you wont have as much crud going through cause of that first 50 micron

Hi Reefdude, good idea. I try to make this DIY, for the coupling between the pump and the filter, which coupling did you use? Thanks

Very clever

Please update is in the future of how long one of those membranes lasts. My sump is in the basement so I have been trying to find simple ways to suck detritus out of display without using buckets. Testing another prototype when my daughter goes down for a nap!

Really Cool~!!

Awesome Idea!!!!

That’s awesome

Awesome!

That's a great idea.

can you use a larger pump? I have a sicce 1.5. What if you just fill a carbon filter with filter floss then place into housing?

If you put hose on return, and return water back to DT, water level will stay same :] im using old canister filter to do same job

this is a great idea. did the pump come with the attachment to connect to the canister or is that something extra that you had to get?

Hey Devon, great video! Where did you get the black part that connects the PVP pipe to the 1/2 hose fitting? Thanks

Outstanding......

I do this with water changes and it dosnt seem to pull anything up but the sand and then if it dosnt clog the top of it the sand just falls back down and i dont feel like its pulling any detritus up. Is it important to do just to circulate the sand bed if not thing else? I used to do the whole bed with my turkey baster in my ten gallon but i was pulling out so much milky white stuff that I stooped doing it because i thought I might be pulling up beneficial bacteria since that stuff in a bottle is milky white. I have also heard some people say not to disturb sand bed because It could release a harmful gas or something but no way can I let it go because it starts to look to nasty!

Great idea and implementation. Almost makes me reconsider my bare bottom xD

First you introduce me to filter rollers and I repurpose my filter socks for sandbed filtering....now this hack. What do you suggest I re-purpose my old filter sock for the 3rd time. 😆

Fantastic

I was thing to use 3 of the RO filters 1 with 5 microns, another with 30 microns, and the last with Carbon… My question is the Carbon filter is it the same type of carbon used in the Fluval system?

I did something similar with an old Magnum 350 Canister filter...water comes back in sump clean.

What is the rubber piece that connects the coupler to the hose?

Awesome. Can you please tell me the name of the black color part that fits into the rubber coupling.

Genius!

What’s the black part that gets attached to the 36in tube ?

Brilliant design, interested to know if its still something in use or youve redesigned or even use something else after a couple of years

What tank size is that? Nice.

Great videos tanks what happens with the phitoplanton culture?

I got a little bit of algae on my sand bed, I am hoping this would work??

This is why I do not do auto water changes. A water change for me is always a way to clean my tank, either the sump or the sandbed. This way 100% of the crud gets out of the tank and gives purpose to the water change.

The pvc part that you use to connect the pump and the filter, is that one included with the pump??

Long term how has this worked out?

Dude, I must say you read many people's mind who are struggling with sand/ Gravel vaccum challenges for large aquarium. I was also planning for something similar but was not sure if it would be successful or not. Looking at ur video today I'm convinced that it works well... Just cause u got motor at times we may panic when you see sand starts getting pulled to top.. but with something solving this size tank cleaning issue one has to accept few challenges. I just have one question I see you got a bad cloudy water after sand cleaning .... Please do share if there were any after effect of this cleaning in your tank/ with fishes. A happy new year to everyone in advance saty safe , stay blessed

Awesome

Like everybody said , great idea and this is was 3 years ago so after these years you’re still have the same system or you modify it ?

Thanks for creating this useful tool. I ordered everything per your parts list and I assume I will still need the rubber adapter from the local Home Depot. What is the cap you used on the rubber adapter to connect the threaded barb to?

Could you provide the link for the top cap of the black reducer, pls?

So awesome, ask me when was the last time I cleaned my sand bed.....

Definently a great DIY project for me to help me out keeping the sand in shape. But where can I find those black rubber end caps?

Pretty nifty!

Since your putting more water into your sump, do you have to increase the power of your return pump temporarily? Otherwise won't it overflow?

What barb did you use on the sicce pump to connect to the filter inlet? It doesnt look like anything can attach to the pump itself. I don't have one, I have others and so far I haven't been able to connect a barb to the front of any of the pumps except my mini sicce that came with a changable front. It isn't strong enough to pull through the filter.

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What way would you do it if you didn't have a sump under the tank?

so what pump didn't you use ? I'm looking at the sicce 1.5 .. I don't see how the return line hooks up