Diy Aquarium Gravel Vacuum

Use scissors to cut off the bottom inch or so of the bottle then run a lighter across the edge you just cut to strengthen it and dull any sharp edges.

Diy aquarium gravel vacuum. Diy aquarium gravel cleaner. Technical explanation can be found in physics under section that covers fluid mechanics. Make your own gravel vacuum for your aquarium.

A very handy piece of aquarium equipment is a gravel vac. Because i need to take water out of the tank for a weekly refresh i want to clean the gravel but i don t want to suck it up with a hose. To keep the tank habitable you must clean the gravel periodically.

Cut off the bottom of a plastic bottle and drill a hole in the bottle cap. Clean your aquarium gravel with a plastic bottle. If the tube on the powerhead inlet is the same size as the one for your gravel vac you can skip the next part.

If you re diy minded you can easily build your own. But they can be expensive so i m going to show you how to make a gravel vac for a very little sum. Sera gravel cleaner which uses an air pump not included to drive dirt above water surface level and gravity free fall to pass it through the filtering media and let the clean water return back into aquarium.

Inspiration for this device is obvious. Place a bucket next to your aquarium hold the gravel vacuum under water until all. Screw a 1 2 inch male riser into the hole in the cap then attach a 1 2 inch pvc female adapter.

Cut a length of plastic tubing insert the tube in the bottle cap and use aquarium silicone to seal the edges. Fit tubing to gravel vacuum the gravel vac probably came with it s own tubing but if you don t want to cut the tubing find another piece the same diameter. After my nano aquarium was up and running for a few weeks i realised i needed a gravel cleaner.