Python Pro-Clean Aquarium Gravel Washer and Siphon Kit, Small

best product and cheap in case you have planted aquarium

Not very effective in pulling out the dirt from the gravel

This siphon is super easy to use and the quality is great! Python has always been my go to and the thickness of this is perfect for nano tanks with less space to move around! Great quality for the price and does well with sand and gravel!

Very long hose works great longest syphon hose I could find on amazon

Cumple totalmente con su propósito, el truco es meterlo como indica las instrucciones y colocar de una manera ena que salga todo el aire, estando dentro tapar con el dedo el extremo dea manguera, y sacarla presionado aún para que con. vacío se cree el flujo del agua, recomendable más fácil que otros

Purchased this on my wife's account, but putting the review on mine. Hence no verified purchase. What has a guy got to go to get people to believe him these days?Anyway, I digress. This thing is top notch. We have a Top Fin 10 gallon starter tank complete with a few real plants and Johnny Depp style pirate decor, with a top fin premium gravel base (see tasteful picture attached, complete with Mickey Mouse Platy and Blue Dwarf Gourami hiding at the back).The vacuum has no pump - it works purely on the wonders of physics and air pressure by creating a siphon. You submerse the empty tube completely in the tank and work out all the air (wiggle it around a bit). Then you put your thumb over the end of the small pipe to stop the water coming out, put that end into a big bucket below the level of the aquarium, and hey presto, water starts siphoning out of your tank. Don't take the big end out, and start to gently vacuum the gravel. It will suck up some of it, but with a little shake the gravel will all fall down again and only take the light dust and other detritus with it. Once the bucket is full or you have removed enough water (25% is good) you can lift the small tube above the level of the tank to stop the flow. Then take it out if you have finished, or empty the bucket and start again.Our first few weeks of ownership we lost 3 guppies because of steadily increasing nitrate levels (we were over-feeding), and also because we didn't have a vacuum. Two weeks of cleaning the gravel using this little beauty of a contraption, and we're back to safe levels. We did a 25% change twice a week, and learned a lot about the delicate bio-chemistry that exists in a fish-tank. The amount of dirt sucked up each change was pretty incredible, even after such a short time. You see it billowing up the tube. Guppies by the way are like the canaries of the aquarium - you only have to look at them the wrong way and they'll expire. A bit traumatic but nonetheless a good life lesson for younger kids.Anyway, can't fault this at the price. Well done Python people.

This is a micro cleaner, the effective diameter is not much more than a finger's width and the drainage pipe is less than 5mm width IIRC. It works, but thanks to its size only slowly which makes it essentially impractical.