How to clean gravel?

nofinga911

How can I clean the gravel in my small 10gallon tank? I tried using a gravel vac (python) but it sucks all the water out of the tank before I even clean a quarter of the gravel...what do I do??

MegK

u can buy a cheap small regular gravel vac and a bucket

willow

have you tried to place your finger over
the flo pipe to restrict the water flo maybe ?

beetlebz

I would be weary of using ball valves or obstructions over the mouth to restrict flow as that could potentially cancel out the low pressure venturi action of the python itself. BUT... the only way to find out is if you try!!

Ball Valve

nofinga911

i tried that and there is not a enough suction, it doesnt do anything...

joelfish

Just use the airline from an air pump and a bucket. Works perfect for my 45 gallon fish tank.