Kleen Sweep Vacuum

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I just got the Kleen Sweep vacuum by Marineland. It's very useful for vacuuming when you are not doing a water change. It runs off your air pump and has adjustable heights. It's a great maintenance gadget!

 

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• Dec 16, 2002

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what size tank and what air pump are you using?

does it have sufficient "sucking" power?

 

125gJoe

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Rena Air 300

Originally posted by slipknottin
what size tank and what air pump are you using?

does it have sufficient "sucking" power?

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I have the Rena Air 300. My tank is 80 gallons. The sucking power is more than enough! I had to turn down the air flow some. I highly recommend this vacuum!

 

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what does it use to catch the debris?

 

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I was always curious about those.

 

125gJoe

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Originally posted by Anton Wernher
what does it use to catch the debris?

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There's a fine mesh bag that comes with it. Water goes thru it back in the tank. Very useful tool.....

 

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With the mesh bag in the water, won't the poop & debris go through the net? When the air pushes the debris up, doesn't the poop break off into a zilllion pieces?

There is another product similar to that where air pushes up and out the debris and the water goes right through a receptacle that goes back into the tank. The debris is caught on a foam pad in the receptacle. I have seen it but have never tried it. The product is called gravel cleaner by SERA.

http://www.sera.de/English/autoframe.htm?url=http://www.sera.de/english/produkte/Staubsauger.htm

Has anyone seen, heard and have used this before? Any feedback? Thank you.

 

125gJoe

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Originally posted by mokmu
With the mesh bag in the water, won't the poop & debris go through the net? When the air pushes the debris up, doesn't the poop break off into a zilllion pieces?

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My Python cleans out the majority of "stuff" when doing water changes. This inexpensive Kleen Sweep is a secondary vacuum and works great. Even small particles are trapped in the fine mesh bag. This is a very useful product.

 

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Curious there joe, why you didn't get a gravel cleaner that connects to your diatom ?

 

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Originally posted by d_b
Curious there joe, why you didn't get a gravel cleaner that connects to your diatom ?

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Kleen Sweep is a separate product and does not use diatom powder. I do have a gravel vacuum that attaches to my Vortex XL. It is an accessory Vortex product. I haven't used it yet since they reccommend using it on regular sized gravel, not sand or fine gravel. I need to give the Vortex vacuum a try anyway just to see if it would work on Onyx sand.