AQQA Aquarium Gravel Cleaner Kit, 6 in 1 Electric Fish Tank Vacuum Cleaning Tools Water Changer, Multifunction Wash Sand Filter Water Circulation 20W 320GPH 110V

This gravel vac has several configurations and different ways to use it. What I found most useful in my setups are the vacuum and pump attachments. There are some other attachments that would be best suited for a bare bottom tank (which I don’t have).Gravel Vac:The gravel vac worked great on my substrate that is “pea gravel” but I didn’t use it on my sand bedded tanks as the sand grains are too small and would get sucked up into the pump motor. If you have a gravel bed, this should work great for you to do a good vacuuming. There is a sponge inside the vacuum attachment however I found that it worked really well without it. The diameter of my old vac is a bit wider and I found that the Hygger vacuum fit in between rocks, driftwood, etc much better. Also, the bag that the vacuum discharges into tended to fall off after much use but a rubber band held it on great!I also found that the pump attachment was very handy. It allows the handle to sit upright on a small base. I have emptied a 55g and a 29g tank - both extremely quickly and have also used it to speed up water changes. The included hose although long enough to reach a bucket, was not long enough to reach a drain however I found that my manual siphon hose attaches to the Hygger which allows me to reach my drains.A few words of caution...First, when you’re done and remove it from the tank, regardless of which attachment you’re using, be prepared to have a bucket close by to put it in as it will leak water out of it. I hold it above my tank to let it drain and then put it immediately into a bucket.Second, if you’re using this for water changes, remember the pump sits at the BOTTOM of the tank. It’s really easy to empty your tank completely if you’re not paying attention!I’ve used a couple battery operated gravel vacs and I was never happy Witt their power. This one plugs into the wall and is much stronger!Overall, this gravel vac works very well for my purposes in the fish room.

Let's start with this is a super strong water pump/vacuum. It moves water very, very fast. The cord is long, the neck is extendable... all good things. Personally, I only use 4 of the attachments (the hose, the shower with the bag on it, the gravel tube, and the gravel tip) the other attachments just don't work for my situation. The issues I have with this is it's hard to maneuver when you're using the shower because you need to be aware of 'where' the shower head is or you will accidentally spray water on your floor.. (but that is mostly user error..lol) but the biggest issue is since the pump needs to always be under the water (so it doesn't burn out) I can never get enough of the water out of the tank. I guess that should have been obvious to me, but I never really thought about it until I was actually using it. The product itself is great and works like it says but I wound up using a manual siphon at the end of the day.

After reading reviews I was hesitant. Then I tried this out. I love this.So much easier than I thought. The directions are not that great but a little common sense putting it together and it works great.I love the concept of filtering the water through the bag and putting the clean water back in the tank unless you are dealing with a water change. A larger filter bag would be nice but stopping just to clean it out is fine for me.None of the pieces have broke...just using a gentle hand and not forcing any of the pieces seems to work for me.

So I got this because I was excited about the idea of having an electric pump instead of the siphon. I bought a pedal switch to go with this. So for me it was a pedal I press to create suction, take my foot off it stops. It would just suck up stuff off the bottom of the tank and in theory it would make it easier to do water changes and so on. But that's in large part because I didn't really understand good methodology for how to clean gravel with the siphon. (where you pinch the hose so rocks/sand fall but the fish poo floats up and is captured when you resume). I have a great siphon system, just kind of a straight tube with the hose. This thing I'm reviewing, the AQQA Aquarium Gravel Cleaner Kit, this thing has the actual motorized part the big bulky thing, right down where you'd have to put it under the water. It's bulky, it's in the way, it's weird, and it has this system where you can hook up like a little bag and like like recycle the water kind of like if you just trying to do a cleaning without the full water change. WTF this thing deleted my whole rant about how the filter gets clogged instantly! Anyway I'll likely never use it again.