Water change wand

[nightster]

Well I got tired of sticking my arm in my 150 so I built this contraption. Hopefully it allows me to get all of the poop! I'll probably end up cutting a foot off, its a bit too long...

[SunnyHouTX]

That's cute

[nightster]

Re: Water change wand

That's cute

Why you hatin? You jealous? My tank isn't big enough for me to use a snorkel.

[SunnyHouTX]

Go to a larger diameter for the part that goes in the tank like in a gravel vac, less sand sucked out.

[nightster]

Re: Water change wand

Well if I go bigger it won't fit between the rocks

[eklikewhoa]

Drain that ***** completely!

[SunnyHouTX]

Agreed

[nightster]

Re: Water change wand

Drain that ***** completely!

I agree, but I do like 5-10 daily then the big wc on the weekends.

[nightster]

Re: Water change wand

I guess this is used between water changes to get all the detritus. Hopefully after I get the power heads I won't need this anymore.

[cu0ngsayz]

I agree, but I do like 5-10 daily then the big wc on the weekends.

What??! 5-10 water change daily or you mean 5-10% daily

[nightster]

Re: Water change wand

5-10 gallons

[ScorpiosWife]

I have thought of doing something like this as well. I'd call it a poop vacuum! It would be nice to have something to get the yucky stuff out from between the rocks without having to go snorkeling or doing a complete water change. I have a 2 foot long vacuum tube on my syphon, but it's standard diameter and just doesn't get between stuff unless I move it. I thought of possibly using something as small as an air line, but that's as far as I got, lol.

Have you tried it out yet?

[TexSun]

Re: Water change wand

Cool contraption! I'm gonna rig up something similar when I get home!

[allysangels]

snorkeling is fun...

[nightster]

When I do my large water changes I use 1.25" tubing and go out the window with it. This is used during the week to basically just clean the sand off. Definitely needs to be shorter lol.