Re: Gravel Cleaning and Filtering

Just noticed.

You the same skozzy as this guy?

"skozzy" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

You had replied on an issue I was having with my Pioneer A05.

Small world.



"skozzy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In the past I had a similar problem with a tank, what I did in the end was
a
> little tricky, but I connected a gravle filter hose to a power head, then
> pumped it into a plastic bin (new one not old one), then used a internal
> power filter with a fine mesh on it to pump the water back into the main
> tank. it's wasn't completely easy on my own, and had to get the help of a
> friend to control the power for the power heads and also to hold a hose.
> This was I was able to clean the gravel and keep most of the water.
>
> A slightly easier but slower way was use the gravel filter to clean the
> gravel and syphon into the bin, then when it was nearly full I stopped the
> cleaning for a while and left the water in the bin to stand for 30 mins,
> most of the heavy stuff settled to the bottm and I was able to put most of
> the water back..
>
> After all the stuffing around with the above, what I do now is just syphon
> the gravel from the tank via a hose into a bin, when the bin is half full
> (so I can still move it) I take it outside and hose it down, then put the
> gravel into another bucket, then do the above again untill all the gravel
is
> removed from the tank, once done, I just pour the gravel back into the
tank
> (slowly). I also keep most of the water in plastic bins to settle then use
a
> powerhead to pump most of it back into the tank.
>
> This last was gets cleaner gravel, but is heaver on the back.
>
>
>
>
> "Bill Stock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > I've got the Pond Fish in a 65 gallon tank for the winter, so I'm a
little
> > new to the aquarium cleaning.
> > I'm using an AquaClear 800 and two Penguins for the RUGF. All intakes
are
> > pre-filtered.
> >
> > I've been using a Python to clean the gravel every two weeks. I stop
when
> > I've removed about 30% of the water, but the gravel is still not as
clean
> as
> > I'd like. There still seems to be a lot of fine crap in the water after
> > cleaning. The existing filter does nothing to trap this, but it does
> > eventually settle out of course. I suspect this is extra food, as the
fish
> > seem quite busy chasing this stuff.
> >
> > So is there a better method for cleaning the gravel? Will a change to a
> > canister filter remove more of the fine crap?
> >
> >
> >
>
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