Gannet Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 hiya guys, im running coral sand in my malawi tank (not the realy fine stuff but the lil balls that dont get stuck in gills) any way i got sick of having to top it up after my gravel vac so i got 1 of my small nets that i no longer use cut it up and put it on my gravel vac so no i can gravel vac my whole tank and not lose the sand or fish. if anyone wants pix let me know and ill upload sum. only lil problem is once the sand is in the vac i have to cut of flow for a second by bending the pipe but dnt worry it starts again no problem. P.s. im using a very fine net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanksman Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Good for you gannet - with the price of coral sand you don't really want to be syphoning it down the drain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Pics are always good!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted September 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 ok step 1 get you net remove the net and put it over the end of the gravel vac like so Put the end cap on it (the lil funny shaped bit) it'll be tight but thats good so it wont fall off and now as you can see the gravel isnt going down the pipe but you can still get all the crap out once you have got it full of sand just block the end of kink the hose and the sand will drop out of the net. its a little bit slower than normal vac but its going to save you so much $$ in replacement sand. IF you want to you can cut the netting down and tape it up etc have fun and let me know if you have any sucess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 lol i just decant the water out of the bucket, give the sand a rinse, decant the water off again and chuck the sand back in the tank, guess it would be different if you were syphoning the water straight outside or down the drain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted September 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 my water goes out the window of the 2 story house lol, and the other week i was at a mates place and he got a babie discus stuck in the pipe and this combates both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 that is true, only problem i can find is with larger fish, their poos are much larger and wont go through the fine net, and they'd just drop down again if you stopped the flow, i have argonite gravel in our tanks and its all 2mm and gets sucked up so what i do is quickly zip round picking up all the big poos and then stir up the gravel with my hand to clean it and get the deep dirty spots and then just syphon out the rest of the water im taking out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 In my sand tank (normal beach sand) i just use a net with about 2mm holes. Scoop up a net full and sift through the sand and check out all the gunk/crap in the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Yeah I use joandwillys method too usually only means I have one bucket to lift (the one full of all the crap I get out of the gravel) and tip all the sand out of that back into the tank. Then syphon the water out the window I dont think the net would work for our tank cuz the waste it sucks up is quite large and wouldn't go through the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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