DIY Vacuum?

[Scooterman]

Anyone has a DIY vacuum? I have a maxi with a hose clamped on it & the other end I tie to the sump drain where I put a sock & dump it in there. I was looking for better ways to simplify this without being a hassle, something I can turn on, suck up everything & get out done
IDEAS??? PICKS a plus cause I'll need them!

 

[DonW]

Look at the one in my gallery.

Don

 

[Scooterman]

Sorta how I do it now but no quick connect, i hold the PH in my hand with a short tube on the suction & suck it into the sock like that, thought maybe I should maybe try the ph inside the sock & just use the suction into the sock but I guess you would need to prime it, I'll try that in a few a see how it works.

 

[DonW]

I dont use a ph. I just stick the hose over one of the cl oulets for a second. Thats enough to start the siphon.

Don

 

[Scooterman]

That won't work in the sump, but I have another idea for the weekend maybe!

 

[DonW]

That won't work in the sump, but I have another idea for the weekend maybe!

Shop vac

 

[Scooterman]

LOL ok, that would do it! 30 second WC! LOL

 

[ecobalance]

outside the box

[1]tie fine micron bag on output in tank.[2]put hand in sump and stir.[3]let all detritus,aka coral foodblow up into tank through micron media bag.[4]remove bag from out put.

 

[Vicki]

That won't work in the sump, but I have another idea for the weekend maybe!

I keep a 2 foot snowflake eel in one of my sumps.
His swimming around keeps the sump almost spotless.

Vicki

 

[Scooterman]

[1]tie fine micron bag on output in tank.[2]put hand in sump and stir.[3]let all detritus,aka coral foodblow up into tank through micron media bag.[4]remove bag from out put.

Output is a 3/4" Loc-line, more harm than good would be done most probably.

I keep a 2 foot snowflake eel in one of my sumps.
His swimming around keeps the sump almost spotless.

Vicki

Defeats the purpose of my sump, everything collects in the sump, If I did this it would put it AL back into the main tank, which I never have to vacuum.

 

[DonW]

I couldnt get my sump to siphon into a bucket so I just drained it and used the shop vac.

Don

 

[Scooterman]

I didn't want to drain the sump just suck up the detritus that collects there & be done with it, all the stuff from the main tank goes to the sump & stays there.

 

[RandyStacyE]

I kept a 75 gal turtle tank (with 2 turtles) for quite a few years. Fresh water tanks can get quite DIRTY especially with 2 turtles!

Anyways ... the sump kept getting REAL nasty even with a filter sock (fed by the overflow) so I just stuck a pump in the sump and plumbed it so that it dumped into the filter sock.

This is like a constant vacuum ... I also attached a UV sterilizer inline too.

Ever since then the sump stayed clean as a whistle.

What did you come up with?

 

[Scooterman]

Still using a PH connected to a hose & just pump the detritus back into a sock, nothing fancy, seem like the is the easiest way.