WTB Battery aquarium cleaner/siphon/syphon

[Somervell]

The tubing syphon with both ends in the water will, indeed work, provided that when you remove the end of the tube, you have your thumb over it to maintain suction in the line. This part can be a little frustrating until you get used to making sure that all of the air is out of the line. I have used this method many times with goldfish, which produce a lot of sludgy waste, and it works like a charm. My battery vac was placed in the garbage the week I bought it.

Often we receive advice that we don't want. Sometimes a small amount of courtesy, even if it means ignoring the responder, goes a long way. Hopefully, OP, you will find the advice to try the siphon cost-effective and meaningful if you try to use it, even if it is not what you asked for. If not, perhaps you could simply ignore it rather than berate someone for trying to help you, whether you wanted the information or not. I usually find myself grateful if anyone tries to help me find a solution or product, but perhaps it is merely a product of my advanced age.

 

[Big Mike]

to syphon back into the same tank? i really dont see how. when you start the syphon and then place it back into the tank what is pulling the water through the syphon? anyone else?

 

[ska d]

No it WAS anything but snarky. I was just trying to help. It was what you wanted and I was trying to help.

Again, no one forced you to click on the link so you could have ignored it instead of being a jerk.

Some people just can't be helped. And if they would learn how to use a gravel siphon properly they wouldnt have to be. If you have a thumb and index finger then you're good to go. Pinch it.

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[platytudes]

You could also use a balloon pump to start a siphon, that's basically what gas siphon kits use.

 

[Somervell]

to syphon back into the same tank? i really dont see how. when you start the syphon and then place it back into the tank what is pulling the water through the syphon? anyone else?

It doesn't syphon back into the same tank. Perhaps I misunderstood what the original poster was asking. If you have a filter sock on the end, it is inefficient, but it will remove the sludge. You would be syphoning back into a bucket (which I then changed) but I suppose if your only goal is to remove sludge with a filter sock, then you could treat the water in the bucket and re-add it, which I agree would be rather foolish. I thought that she was looking for an inexpensive way to remove sludge, not recirculate the water.

 

[tolawdjk]

I gotta go with Big Mike on this one, or something isn't being described correctly. Siphons work on pressure differential. Unless the discharge end is lower than the intake end, it just won't work, no matter how you start it. If you are syphoning gravel and gunk from the bottom of a tank and then discharging back into the same tank, your discharge end has to be lower, and even if you got a inch of differential between them, the suction would be nonexistant and useless.

 

[Big Mike]

worked for me actually, i have one end of the syphon on one side of the tank, and the other end ( sock end ) on the other end of the tank, and bingo, got it working , actually just make sure you suck the water first to get suction, then put your fingers over the end hole, put the end in the water and the suction should keep on at well sucking the gunk out

Really!!!???

 

[Rbishop]

It's a WTB thread..not discussion....thanks.