TetraWater Cleaner Gravel Siphon for Aquariums, Easily Clean Freshwater Aquariums

Handy little tool that gets the job done with ease! Make sure all of the connectors are tight bf you start. I agree with others about the clip for the bucket being a pain. I used a Home Depot bucket and the clip didn't want to stay attached. Maybe it's designed for a different style bucket. The water begins to flow super quick after a few pumps on the bulb. If you want the water to stop flowing, lift it out of the water. Simple as that. I'm not sure how long the bulb will last since it doesn't feel like the best quality, but for the price, you can't beat it! I recommend!

Tetra Water Maintence Items for Aquariums - Makes Water Changes EasyWater Cleaner ~ "2-55 gallon" ~ $10.49Haven't used it yet but initial inspection gets a pass. The tubing, looks to be 3/8 ID 1/2 OD, is nice, not easily kinked, and came kink free. And that size tubing is a nice middle of the road for small to medium sized tanks. And the vac chamber is nice and clear so you can see what you're vaccing. That feature alone is why I chose this one over the no name models that had the same features plus a flow control valve... they all have smokey or milky tinted vac tubes which is idiotic to me. The whole reason you use these things is to vac, you would think you want to see what you're vacuuming clearly. And some of them put the screen on the bottom of the vac tube so it can't even function to swirl the substrate and separate out the detritus. And any that actually had nice clear chambers, maybe even a little longer, had no primer bulb. So this one ticked the most boxes.Anyway this one has a nice clear vac chamber and it's just long enough at around 4.5 inches to do what it needs to do in small/medium tanks with not too deep substrate. I don''t know why it couldn't be a little longer but you can't have everything. And it has a decent looking screen at the top of the chamber. Given the size of the tubing and lack of flow control you'd have to be kinking the tube to regulate flow on really small tanks under 10 gallons or the tank will be empty before you're done vaccing. And With the short-ish vac tube it seems less than ideal for anything larger or with deeper substrate.I gave the primer bulb a bunch of squeezing and torqued on the nipples a bit and it seems like it will hold together for the foreseeable future. I will say the way the nipples attach to the primer bulb seem to be female slip fittings that are glued on and you hear a little crackling glue if you distort the bulb too close to the nipples. But even with that it does hold suction and pressure just fine and if it ever came loose with age I'd have no problem redoing it with silicone if I like the vac. And the nipples on the bulb have no barbs to stop the tubing from backing off but the tubing seems to hold on fine once seated all the way on. They were just barely seated on as it came, so needed to be pushed down till they hit home, but that's no problem. And the vac chamber has a barbed nipple.The bucket clip seems like it's made from good plastic, not brittle, and I really appreciate that being included. I will search for some kind of spare valve or something to put on the bucket end of the hose because as it stands there's nothing to stop the hose from easily slipping up and out of the bucket clip... but no biggie and glad to have the clip.The one glaring omission other than a flow control which isn't really a necessity as you can kink the tube, is a rigid pipe leading up to the vac chamber so you can easily direct it around. You figure with the total length of the vac chamber being maybe 5" a simple 12" rigid piece would allow much easier control with minimal hand dunking in all the medium sized tanks and still not be so long as to be cumbersome in a 5.5 or 10 gallon, or you could just not use it if you only had tiny tanks. Either that or give us a longer vac chamber.So all in all not bad, and certainly not bad for $10. I'd be content paying a few dollars more if it came with a flow control valve and rigid stem/wand, but I get them wanting to keep it in the $10 range. And they did hit a really nice sweet spot of quality and features for the price.

Bought this to clean out fish tank! Works great and is easy to use! The fish seem happy in their clear water! Makes changing out water quick and easy! Helps keep the fishy smell down and fits nicely in a bucket under the sink! The fish seem happy! Sometimes the clip that attaches to bucket falls of but hubs doesn’t really use it so.

Works great for water changes, but if you got a 55gal tank, you gonna have to wait until the water drops ALOT, to clean the gravel cause the tube is short. Its built pretty good and priced ok for easy removal.

Suction is good and strong. Easy to pump. Nice clear view to make sure no creatures are getting pulled in. Have only used this a few times so far so can’t speak on its longevity. Would like a smaller sized version tho as this is kinda big.

I've been trying to find a decent gravel vacuum. Most are good at removing water but not debris. This one is better than the others I've tried at removing debris also, and will probably be A LOT better when I really get the hang of it. It's definitely excellent at removing water. I emptied a 10 gallon in a flash.I have to have one with the bulb because I'm not taking a chance at drinking fish tank water through a siphon. The Python one I tried had no bulb. The Aqueon one with a bulb was so huge I was afraid I'd suck up a Platy, plus it was too hard to prime. My hand hurt just trying.I should have tried Tetra first! They are good at this stuff.

I bought this to make water changes easier with my 29 gallon fish tank and it works really well. Takes water out of your tank so no more scooping it out when it’s time for a water change and also sucks up the gravel cleaning it. Worth the money ! Super easy to use , doesn’t take long at all!

If all you want it for is to do a water exchange then buy it. Not useful for sucking up detritus.EDIT: Now that I've used this on my 10 gallon tank that is up on a table and not low to the floor it DOES suck up the fish poop from the sandy bottom very well. BUT it sucks up a lot of water, too. If this same design had smaller tubing so that it didn't remove so much water it would be better. I'll just have to do a water exchange whenever I clean up the poop.