Tetra Water Cleaner Gravel Siphon for Aquariums, Easily Clean Freshwater Aquariums

Who knew sucking fish poop out of gravel could be this satisfying?! 😂 This thing is the MVP of aquarium cleaning. I gave it a few squeezes, and BOOM—instant waterfall of filth I didn’t even know was hiding in there. My fish were side-eyeing me like, “Finally, Karen.” Works perfectly on my 10-gallon tank without turning it into a water park. It’s easy, mess-free, and weirdly fun. Honestly, I feel like the fish respect me more now.

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.

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!

Works well. Well worth the price especially in comparison to others on the market. The plus side is this has the bulb. For a cheaper price you get the bulb and do not have to worry with pre-prime before putting it in the tank.

This makes cleaning my fish tank so easy! I don’t have to tilt it. Also very good at cleaning the poop at the bottom of the tank

We bought this to clean out our automatic dog water bowl. Worked well for us, we did remove the larger suction end piece because it has a guard so you don’t suck up fish or gravel. Truly amazing how well it worked and would 10/10 recommend for its intended purpose as well!

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Works well, wish the tube was longer, as my aquarium sits up high.