How to Properly Gravel Vacuum a Fish Tank (Detailed Version) #aquariumcoop
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Published 2021-02-28
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0:00 - Intro
0:36 - How to start a gravel vacuum for a fish tank
1:59 - How to start a gravel vacuum the easy way
3:15 - Pinch your aquarium siphon hose
3:40 - How to properly gravel vacuum a fish tank
5:37 - How to remove a siphon from an aquarium
5:54 - How to gravel vacuum a low aquarium
8:13 - Fish poop and mulm is beneficial for aquarium plants
8:34 - How to gravel vacuum a planted tank
10:04 - Outro
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All Comments (21)
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15 years, 15 bloody years vacuuming my aquarium and NOW you show me how to do it properly?!! Really the most educational aquarium video I've seen in ages, thank you Cory! 👍👍
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that was probably the most educational video i've seen in a long time. How did I not know this until now?
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I've been keeping fish & turtles for close to 40 years on and off, and never realized that I was vacuuming wrong until just now! What a GREATLY INFORMATIVE VIDEO!!! You are a genius Sir! Subscribed in the hopes that you give me some more gems like this in the future!
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Finally someone explaining in detail how to use this thing, I’ve spent more than 1 hour looking for someone explaining how to use this, I did a mess in my aquarium trying different useless tutorials, but now I know how to use it, thank you so much you’re the best
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Cory, I’m an educator and this was a really great video. Great pacing and clear demonstration of process. I also appreciate showing multiple scenarios and how it can be different. The balance of reaching the hardcore audience and the newbies is very hard, I teach Freshman through Seniors in a single class, I get it. This content is invaluable as you continue to try to make the hobby better, more friendly, and educated. Well done!
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Pinching to allow the gravel to settle was a great PRO tip.
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I connect the siphon to a garden hose, and run it outside, or to the bathtub. When I'm done siphoning, I connect the other end to an adapter on the faucet, adjust the temperature, and refill the tank. No buckets, no spills. (Some siphons have a one-way valve that needs to be drilled-out before you can use it as a filler.)
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Almost 2 years into the hobby and I just now learned the proper way to vacuum my gravel. I tried this today with my water change and it worked so well! Thanks!!
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Everybody else is just showing off how they know how to use a gravel vacuum. You actually taught me how from scratch, and every tip in these 10 minutes was valuable.
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“And nobody likes poopy water on the floor”... Truer words have never been spoken! 🤣😂😄
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I can't believe I've been water changing for 8 years and never thought to crimp the tube to help... Thank you SO MUCH! You are the best!!!!
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Wow. After watching countless videos on how to clean gravel, I stumbled into this video. THE BEST EVER. Thank you for explaining everything so so well!!!!!!! This like literally asnwered all questions I had!
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I love vacuuming my tank. There's something so satisfying about seeing the water go from brown to clear
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Pinch is a pro tip, thanks
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I just bought one of those substrate cleaners. I just sat down to read up on how to work it. I need to buy a large trash container. I was ready to use one of my 5 or so gallon mop/garden buckets. Glad that I found this video first. Well, Monday is only two days away. Meanwhile, I am warming up the dechlorinated treated water. I am using the old small 1.7 gallon tank heater to warm up each gallon of water waiting to be switched as I do my partial water change. I have an acquired brain injury that is still healing and I really really appreciate how to talk a bit slower as you show how you are doing this. Thank you. GOD Bless you.
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I’ve been on YouTube over 12 years now give or take. I’ve left maybe 20 comments in that time. Just not a chatty person on YT, but bro? You taught me a lot in a short time about stuff I thought I already knew about. I’m so glad I clicked this!! Excellent tutorials and delivery. I could learn a lot from the likes of you. Thank you!!
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Never did I think that watching a video on gravel vacuuming a fish was this engaging.
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Not me shaking the gravel out instead of PINCHING THE TUBING I feel like such an idiot 🤣
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I thank you so so so so much. My dad did the tank but it got green in like 4 hours or so and he was so tired he couldn’t do it again so I decided to clean it. The vacuum wasn’t working with me and I watched like a million tutorial and none of them helped but yours did. Thank you so much and you just gained a follower, keep going 🤍🤍.
