Does this just vacuum up the fish waste but won't suck up sand, gravel and stones? I have 2 Goldfish who make lots of waste.
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I bought this and it didn't work for me, It might just be mine that didn't work.
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It does a great job of picking up waste, returns the water to the aquarium & will leave gravel just buy staying above it. Hope this helps!
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As long as the rocks aren't to deep it will just clean out the rocks. I have removed the bag filter part and attacked a tubing so can drain the dirty water into a bucket. Works good for my Betta fish that don't have large openings on the bowl to fit my hand down for a standard siphon
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I have gravel and it picks up leafs but leaves the gravel. Some gravel will go up but will not make it to the mulcher
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A gravel siphon will work only for the gravel. Keep in mind there is a removable plate at the bottom as part of the internal under gravel filter that must be removed and cleaned. There is about a 1/4" gap under the plate and that area collects most of the junk.
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No this does not clean algea from the bottom of the pool... The most it will do is stir it up & you can hope the filter gets some of it...
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It does to the loose ones. There are little brushes at the bottom which help, but you probably want to use the micro bags to trap them all. But again, the problem with the micro bags are that they block/reduce the suction as they trap the dirt/algae.
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Our pool is 7/8th of the way in-ground and it has a liner. The pool rover works well getting all around the pool as it cleans the bottom. It does not go up the walls. It picks up everything but the finest silt though. Our pool filter takes care of that when there is a lot of activity in the pool. Overall, it makes the job of pool cleaning so much easier! It works much better than our old cleaner which hooked up to the filter system. Hope this helps.
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Sure. But as with any gravel vac you may have to avoid digging the intake into the sand, which could stir it up and make a mess. I try to keep the vac an inch or so above my sand substate.
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Yes. I have been using it for a goldfish ,, I am using a 10 gallon filter , the filter that came with the tank stopped working after about a week.
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Yes, it will siphon water as it cleans the gravel near the bottom, if you hold it away from the bottom it will only siphon water out of the aquarium and into a bucket .
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I use a pool service and the solar fish is always in the pool and we have not had any problem. I don't know if the auto vac would be able to glide over the fish and suck it in; remember the fish is lying flat at the bottom of the pool.
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Yes it picks up dust, sand etc. Its a great little vacuum for a great price!
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Well, I don't deal with sand but it does pick up scattered cat litter! Also, after throwing away one too many vacuums,I am meticulous about cleaning it after every use-all filters and the brushes underneath included.
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I haven't used it in a fish tank, but I would say No. It's very fine and dusty and you would be better off with the fine gravel rather than sand for use with fish.
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Well in a planted aquarium you really don't vacuum where the plants are at. Only in the open areas, you can vacuum it but I wouldn't recommend it. Just go over the top and pick up any debris that way.
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I used it on one of tanks that had no substrate and it worked.I used to vacuum up pleco poop and other remains. So I don't see why it wouldn't work in your tank.
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I bought one of these not too long ago and it kinda works fine to clean a small tank. It's battery operated so not extremely powerful but it did pick up the food and waste. There is a video on YouTube that shows you how to rig this so that it has a bit more suction and that helped.
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Hi Anna, if this is a new tank? you may not have cleaned the gravel properly and may have to do a partial tank exchage. I have used algone in the past and has cleared the tank nicely but did notice that it does leave a slim and clogs the filter. Please let me know if that helps.