battery gravel vacs

[SubRosa]

Partially pinch the hose to slow the flow.

 

[Somervell]

Subrosa said it best: "garbage."

 

[Rbishop]

Try a turkey baster for those spot clean ups...

 

[Fishy_Fun]

You can use a piece of airline tubing and create a syphon.It won't take very much water away from the tank but very effective at spot cleaning.

 

[Kuhlifan]

Ha, I had to use a turkey baster once. That brings back bad memories. I got into the hobby with a five gallon tank. I figured a couple of guppies would work well in it. A few weeks later I had almost 200 guppies in it. A few weeks later I was pushing 400 guppies. I couldn't vacuum for all of the fry, so I did water changes with a turkey baster. That took FOREVER!

Of course, the good side is I think I may have personally given away enough guppies to take care of the midwest's supply/demand issue for a few months.

 

[SubRosa]

You can use a piece of airline tubing and create a syphon.It won't take very much water away from the tank but very effective at spot cleaning.

And if you attach a piece of rigid airline tubing you can get much better control of the business end.