Aquarium sand vacuum, the best tip!

I modified my tank sand vac and it works like a champ! Must watch!

[@cowboyfishgod8904]

reminds me of a shank i made in prison

[@hewhosmokesbehindtherows4685]

Lmao

[@bubbabeans2949]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@dae711moe5]

That's really cool.

[@jdofishtank6018]

Dae7 11moe thanks

[@aquahogs]

Great idea!! Will be using your wisdom in my fish room from now on. Again, great idea!

[@lewisspeed3041]

use a plastic fork,you can scrap more surface that way

[@jdofishtank6018]

Good tip

[@Renee11123]

Good idea!

[@Dan_Raja]

Wow, never thought of it

[@jamesd.barrett9167]

i like the tip idea u "INVENTED" lol i just did it too mine with a clip from a gel pen i haven used it bc i just did all my tanks cleaning but i will for sure try it thursday bc ive already taped it on ! thanks!

[@Rach227204]

Great siphon tip, I recently upgraded to a larger tank and added sand and didn't know the best way to clean it, this is the best I have seen so far :)

[@jdofishtank6018]

Awesome!

[@kimhebert9110]

Rach227204 hey how has the sand tank been coming out with this way of cleaning?

[@AiBilly]

My sand is a lot finer than this, This would suck that up in a heart beat. Your`s is more like white gravel .

[@jessicaalano2496]

Genius idea! I used the pen cap thing and it works wonders! Thank you for sharing.

[@jdofishtank6018]

Jessica Alano No problem

[@madmike730]

Thanks for posting, very informative.

[@karennation3580]

Truly amazing. What takes me forever with my reef tank is vacuuming the sand and it gets stuck all the time. I bought a pump for water changes and could knock it out in no time with this!1

[@chrisgroves5381]

Brilliant tip! Your tank is awesome. Subbed

[@jdofishtank6018]

Chris Groves Thanks

[@HustleHabit]

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

[@chrisislei-coyle1736]

That is a good tip! I'm definitely going to use it 😃

[@hudsontoo1212]

I have the same substrate-I think this will work for me. Thanks!!

[@Someoneonthisplanet1979]

That's some really coarse sand you got there!

[@stoneysscapes7544]

He said it was Aragonite , but I understand these videos are not IQ tests or anything 😎

[@taristanks664]

Rachael O'Leary shows how to use a chop-stick rubber banded to the siphon hose helps when cleaning a heavily planted tank, I think it would work for sand also, and it would be long enough to rake the sand for gas pockets too. 😉

[@WynnFoxy]

I like your aquarium!

[@mm4chelle]

great idea with the bic pen. I always thought you had to wait at least 15 min after you add your conditioner to add your bacteria.

[@ShaneZettelmier]

You could really just cut your tube so you don’t need to put that extra piece on there. Just leave a little tail on the end of it pretty much just like what you got but you don’t have to worry about the tape falling off.

[@MAW51187]

Well then you cant attach the bigger tube back on if you want with out cutting the tube some more.

[@cathrencostantino5245]

You got it. Works magic. !!!!!!!!

[@vanceprice7890]

Great tip, thanks

[@stevegee8010]

Good algae tip too. Thanks.

[@randystache78]

very cool. this is helpful. I'm just about to set up a 10 gallon for my daughter. we are going to try an aquascape, and sand just looks cool.

[@jdofishtank6018]

Thanks, I've always wanted to try aquascape, that's next.

[@rayannnale3063]

Plastic fork works pretty well too,

[@currykevuk]

Good tip JDO. I will use it for sure.

[@jdofishtank6018]

currykevuk great!

[@heathermilling9040]

This is pretty a darned good idea!

[@jdofishtank6018]

Heather Milling thanks

[@js-lz9xg]

i did kinda the same thing, i took a plastic fork and tapped it to my gravel vac and i didn’t have to take the wide end off, my sand is a bit finer than yours but it still worked fine. 👍

[@vinfish4697]

great idea thx for sharing

[@ryebread1610]

I'm definitely doing this when I get home, it will really help with those deadly gas pockets!

[@jdofishtank6018]

Awesome

[@rexwadsworth8574]

I see it does work!

[@rishabkumarmodi5959]

Same thing can be done wity siphon with a plastic fork. To increase the speed and surface are

[@carrasquel1978]

Nice, Like the filtration system

[@jdofishtank6018]

Thanks

[@SLFYSH]

Good tip. I've found I can't get it all unless I vac the sand up too. The white sand get more and more gray/brown. -you've got a very light touch, you must replace a lot of water

[@alexamunoz7943]

I've heard of people attaching a chopstick or skewer to the end of their gravel vac. Works well :)

[@davajo3868]

Love the idea of removing the big tube, sucks up less water as you vacuume the particles off the sand.

[@hotpinkgirl01]

What an awesome idea!

[@jdofishtank6018]

Thanks

[@joshcunningham7389]

jillamber what’s up cutie

[@pospicles2424]

JDO try to swirl it n create a mini hurricane. It really stirs up the particles keeping the sand in it place. I have tried and it works!!

[@jdofishtank6018]

Harshdeep Koul thanks

[@byronc5918]

Hope you patent it, is a great idea.. and tuanks for sharing..

[@arreola961]

Lovely tank my man

[@jdofishtank6018]

Alex Arreola thanks

[@StrangeArrangements]

Good idea.

[@cortega1878]

Great idea!

[@jdofishtank6018]

Thanks

[@karennation3580]

Why does everyone comment on the size of the grains? Whatever size it is this is a good idea! Give it up people! GEEZ!

[@giggalz]

Omg genius! Thank you!

[@lim662]

Suggestion: Use a big vacuum, just enough you can clean your substrate efficiently. Then just put a container at the end of your siphon to collect the sand and just put it back end once you're done cleaning.

[@sumba1231]

excellent. thank you

[@jdofishtank6018]

No problem

[@ivanakomlosova5995]

Great freaking job I love sand but it is like whit tile in your home see every part of dirt but looks great when done properly I just want to get. Out all bad bacteria w out your method I take out a lot of sand n dirt isn’t getting taking out

[@TheTekSone]

I know this video is old but I just came across it. I have a tube that is a little larger...I taped the handle of a plastic fork to the tubing for wider stirring ability while sucking

[@dbachelorsplantedaquarium4711]

great tip"!

[@jdofishtank6018]

dbachelor's Planted Aquarium thanks

[@larrysimmons6082]

I wish you could have showed how you siphoned the smaller hose

[@raccooneyes2099]

i'm gonna try this. I have fine sand in my Egypt theme tank with one Betta fish and poop just sits on the top and the sand gets dark spots. not sure what that is but its a nightmare to clean. I want to switch to a different sand as I don't want to lose the effect of the theme. How do I take all the sand out?

[@loganlab7174]

I wouldn't have considered that sand. I have small gravel similar to that and i syphon it with the python and it does not get sucked up.

[@jdofishtank6018]

Logan Lab it's aragonite sand, it's sand and will get sucked up.

[@toddfisher5040]

@@jdofishtank6018 what's the difference between aragonite sand and regular sand? That doesn't look like sand

[@jdofishtank6018]

Todd Fisher I think aroganite is crushed coral, stabilizes PH

[@toddfisher5040]

@@jdofishtank6018 Yeah that's not sand, after you've established positive bacteria you'll notice you have something called live rock, there's a pretty big difference

[@jdofishtank6018]

Todd Fisher so.....if you take a big rock and pulverize it it becomes sand, if you take a piece of coral and pulverize it it becomes sand. Any sand or substrate you have in your tank will grow B.B., live rock is a term for saltwater.

[@alexusrenee9903]

Perfect, but what kind of tape did you use?

[@markcopley7366]

good idea

[@jdofishtank6018]

Thanks

[@YusufFaris-YFariStudios]

waaaaaaaaay too much conditioner. But nice tip for the siphon!

[@AZTEC_ARTS2023]

Was your "new" water just regular tap water that was not at the same temperature necessarily ?

[@S0K0N0MI]

Calling that sand is pushing it a little, but the tool is clever and helpful nonetheless. ;)

[@bruhjustaintright4146]

i use a python and moved to an Arganite substrate which has made it difficult to clean. I think that I will try this method to increase the water pressure..

[@saltybildo4415]

Cool brother I think I'll try that , or wit a fork like someone said below

[@chanosanchez]

That's not sand, its gravel

[@jdofishtank6018]

chanosanchez well the bag says sand, so...

[@darcandelaria]

@@jdofishtank6018 👍😂

[@billysmith9730]

@@jdofishtank6018 well the bag is wrong lol

[@dean8553]

@@billysmith9730 there's different grain sizes for aragonite sand.

[@aimeeh5898]

Omg thanks

[@jdofishtank6018]

Aimee H np

[@JamDaddyJaZz]

ohh! clever

[@jdofishtank6018]

Thanks

[@TaraAndFriends]

So, I put my siphon tube thing on wrong, so the larger tube with the filter is on the other end where water comes out. 1. The tiny hose doesn't get half the debris on the sand, and 2. If the sand is stirred up like that, it sucks up a large portion of sand. Without the filter, it just goes into the bucket... lol this won't for work. Also, I might cut off the tip of the hose tommorow so that I can put the wide end with the filter on the right side lol. I'm a noob, I make mistakes too. ;)

[@WynnFoxy]

What fish do ya have?

[@toottootbleetbleet]

Great idea... but shouldn't you use a conditioner before you add the water?

[@jdofishtank6018]

I add it after I put in new water

[@Razvion]

I just got myself an aquarium yesterday, got so much to learn about it, I dont want to harm my fishes, do you ever need to completly change the water?

[@jdofishtank6018]

Razvion no

[@stoneysscapes7544]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo0000000000000000000000000

[@jessicabrown8158]

What type of sand is It? I like that it's bigger partials

[@stoneysscapes7544]

He said it in the video @ 6:13 aragonite sand , absolutely the only sand I will ever use 💚 I fill up 2 5g buckets w the sand about 1/2 way and get a garden hose 5 -10 minutes later ready to go...

[@ivanakomlosova5995]

Please go on shark tank you are great

[@WindWipper]

Don't wipe the inside of the glass w/ the cloth first thing, wait til you do your 20-50% water change and the water level is lower, then you don't have to get your arm wet.

[@jdofishtank6018]

WindWipper I don’t care about getting wet. Wipe first, then when you do a water change you suck up some of what you wiped off into the water.

[@MAW51187]

Doesnt storring up the sand also bury pieces of waste?

[@abbeyroad363]

How do you create the vacuum?

[@melanieandrews9978]

I was wondering why you did not add the water conditioner to the water first, before pouring the water into the aquarium? I usually treat my water first before adding it to the the aquarium.

[@jdofishtank6018]

It all gets circulated.

[@brianzambotti4510]

adding conditioner DURING water fill up is PERFECTLY fine. Professionals have been doing it for decades...

[@angelcastaneda4326]

@Hunter Rohm I've always added it to my Fishtank after adding the water and my fish are fine

[@thibaultb9887]

hi, great video! but what cichlid is that?

[@jdofishtank6018]

Thibault Boeraeve Bolivian ram

[@thibaultb9887]

Oh thanks

[@lolasmom5816]

I'm about to try this. Let's see what happens

[@lolasmom5816]

It worked but I tweaked it a bit. I used a fork and also taped a stick to use as a handle. I have a big tank and didn't want to try to reach the bottom.

[@lolasmom5816]

Definitely the best method I've tried for sand

[@MAW51187]

What was that 5% water change?

[@FFSwhy]

So you use a narrower hose to vac?

[@jdofishtank6018]

I used the hose off my gravel vac

[@jlathem56]

Rachael O'Leary has been doing this for years. She uses a chopstick though.

[@coreyadger9577]

Is that sand?

[@tolgagurcimen2957]

This looks more like gravel than sand.

[@mellymoko4617]

My sand is soooo fine. I can't suck the heavier poop out without having to suck the sand :(

[@WatchwomanOnTheWall-zk9po]

a couple plastic forks

[@sharonterry7862]

no no that is not going to clean within the sand on my 350 litre tank.

[@ltjlove]

That’s not sand dude

[@AstroMartine]

Cool tank, and idea, but that is not sand! That is fine gravel.