How do I go about vacuuming the substrate in my fry tank?

[Rocky998]

I want to vacuum the bad stuff up at the bottom of the fry tank but the fry also hang out at the bottom and they will get sucked up if I take the intake guard off the siphon

 

[Slaphppy7]

Make a mini-vac, out of airline tubing and a bent wire coat hanger...use zip-ties to fasten a piece of the airline tubing to the hanger

You'll need a bucket, and mouth-suction to get the siphon going

 

[AmyKieran]

I have this issue, as my fry have gotten older they are learning to avoid the siphon lol

 

[Rocky998]

Make a mini-vac, out of airline tubing and a bent wire coat hanger...use zip-ties to fasten a piece of the airline tubing to the hanger

You'll need a bucket, and mouth-suction to get the siphon going

Well I have air tubing and I think some wite hangars... Why do I need to put the tubing on a wire hangar though?

 

[Rocky998]

I have this issue, as my fry have gotten older they are learning to avoid the siphon lol

Lol... Their like: "Oh noooo, its the whirlpool of doom!"

 

[connorlindeman]

Well I have air tubing and I think some wite hangars... Why do I need to put the tubing on a wire hangar though?

It will help keep it straight and give you more control.

 

[Rocky998]

It will help keep it straight and give you more control.

True true to that. Thats what I was thinking. Thank you!

 

[Slaphppy7]

Well I have air tubing and I think some wite hangars... Why do I need to put the tubing on a wire hangar though?

So that you can precisely guide the end of the siphon in the areas you wish to vac....otherwise, you'd just have a floppy piece of airline tubing that you can't control well

 

[Rocky998]

So that you can precisely guide the end of the siphon in the areas you wish to vac....otherwise, you'd just have a floppy piece of airline tubing that you can't control well

Ah ok. Thanks

 

[Slaphppy7]

Here's a pic....

 

[Rocky998]

Here's a pic....

This helps out a ton! Thanks! But cant fry still be sucked up?

 

[connorlindeman]

This helps out a ton! Thanks! But cant fry still be sucked up?

You just need to be careful.

 

[Naughts]

I use airline sometimes. I use a 'lead' weight on the bucket end near the bottom of the tube, otherwise the tube can easily flip out of the bucket whilst you work.

 

[Rocky998]

You just need to be careful.

I guess you could say that to a normal siphon then right?

 

[connorlindeman]

I guess you could say that to a normal siphon then right?

No. The smaller the siphon, the easier it is to be careful and the more control you have. It's different.