How do you siphon a nano tank?

[ILOVEBETTAS]

My 2.5 is very filthy, but how do I siphon it?

 

[Squawkbert]

I ream the luer tip out of a 30cc Luer Lok syringe & put some tubing on the end. You could also buy a small, cheap gravel vac & cut some off the end of the vac's length.

 

[animalman]

Yeah a small gravel vac is what I would use. Maybe try to hook it up to the filter so not to lose any water.

 

[zoowks]

animalman, wats the point of a water change if you don't lose any water???

 

[msjinkzd]

because it filters the mulm through the filtration....cleans the water, dirties the media instead of losing your total water volume

 

[boostnbuds]

routing your vac through the filter would screen out solids sure, but what about trates? u know, the main reason for water changes...u could do that but u should still do a water change about 30% at the same time, when u have ur old tank water in a bucket, slosh ur filter around in it to get rid of the solid garbage, dont rinse it in tap water because u will lose a lot of ur good bacterias. the key is to get fresh water in there, even if your tank looks like crap you still need good params. dont forget the de-chlor!

 

[OhNo123]

I use a turkey baster in bare bottom nano tanks. For anything smaller then a nano?? I make a siphon out of a piece of plastic and airline tubing.. hardwork, but efficient.