UPETTOOLS Aquarium Gravel Cleaner - Electric Automatic Removable Vacuum Water Changer Sand Algae Cleaner Filter Changer 110V/28W

I bought this UPETTOOLS aquarium gravel cleaner after one too many Saturday mornings spent scooping water by hand. Total game changer. It’s electric, easy to use, and saves a ton of time. Setup took less than five minutes. You just attach the tube, drop the vacuum head in the tank, and plug it in. The suction is strong enough to pick up debris and fish waste without sucking up the gravel or stressing out the fish. It even gets into corners and around decorations where junk usually hides. The water changer feature works smoothly too. Flip a switch and it drains straight into a bucket without spilling everywhere. Refilling is just as simple. I’ve used it three times now and my water stays cleaner between changes, which means less work overall. The attachments make it easy to clean algae, remove sand buildup, and reach tight spots. It’s one of those rare tools that does exactly what it promises. Pros Strong, steady suction Easy setup and operation Cleans gravel and removes debris effectively Works for draining and refilling water Includes multiple attachments for detail cleaning Cons Slightly noisy when running Power cord could be longer for big tanks If you’re tired of messy tank cleanings and buckets of water on the floor, this cleaner makes the job simple. Worth every penny for the time and frustration it saves.

I did a lot of research and came to just buy this one. We have a 75 gal tank with a turtle and some small fish. This cleaner works amazing! Super easy to put together and use and had lots of power. Highly recommended it! It’s nice if I don’t need to do a water change and can just use the filter and water flow back into the tank.

Update: Now giving four stars after many months of using a replacement unit. I can give this product a higher recommendation. I have not had any problems with the motor on this second unit. I'm now even using it with a 50ft siphoning hose to directly power send water to the sink. Fits a 5/8 diameter hose very well. Much better than the thin, ribbed hose that's included with the unit. It's fraying at the ends, and the ribs makes the inside more difficult to dry and can lead to algae, mold, or fungal growth. Three stars for design and accessories that met my needs but low motor quality. The unit comes with a ball mesh attachment (sand wash head) that keeps small fish from being sucked into the system. I use it around small Kuli Loaches and 3 month baby fish without sucking them up. Also, I first tried using the system with the duckbill shaped suction, and did suck up one of my loaches and baby fish. I was pleased to find both fish alive and well in my water bucket. This system, apparently, has a better water flow-through system than similar products. One of the reasons I picked this system was the sand head. Other products I tried would kill the fish if they sucked them into their fan/blade chamber. Faster water suction rate than most other systems I've tried. I had to increase my sweeping speed along the bottom of the tank because the system filled my water bucket so much faster. Unfortunately, my unit stopped working after 2 months. Motor failure within 6 months is the main reason why I've tried several of these types of products. It would be nice if a well known and trusted company in the aquarium hobby would make a quality product to help with tank cleaning. I hope that most consumers would be willing to pay more for a quality product that worked well and had a motor system that didn't wear out. Because it's safer around my small fish, I'll try another one of these. Amazon did refund the broken unit.

I’m new to fish keeping. I bought this product to make water changes easy. The first time I ordered it, after somehow managing to assemble (good luck with the worthless manual) I realized it came without a connector for the head attachments. Accidents happen, no problem! I sent it back in exchange for a new one. New one comes over a week later. Perfect - it’s time for my first water change. I have a ten gallon tank - from my research a water change shouldn’t take that long. I get everything set up and drain the water. After shutting the machine off once I’d pumped out the desired amount of water, it still continued to suck water out of my tank, overflowed my bucket and spewing water all over my floor. Thank GOD I have a Bissell Little Green Machine. Alright I know how to fix that, I’ll throw some towels down in the meantime. I begin to work my way through the sand cleaning heads and start to attempt to clean my gravel. As I mentioned, I’m new to this so I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure a gravel vacuum is supposed to VACUUM up the debris stuck in the gravel. Nope - just stirred it up and made a mess. So here I am with my machine not sucking up debris, my tank more than halfway empty and I have no choice but to remove my fish, clean the gravel and return the fish. This process has taken at least five hours at this point, and my fish don’t appear to be doing well from so much change so quickly. I’m returning this machine for the second time now. I don’t want another and I encourage you to NOT order this piece of junk.

Great product, i love being able to "vacuum" the rocks and not have to always do water changes.

Me sorprendió la potencia que tiene este aparato sin duda volvería a comprar otro cuando esté deje de funcionar, que yo diría que va ha tardar bastante tiempo, llevo más de 6 meses con el, lo uso para dar mantenimiento y mantener el agua circulando en una pecera de 140 lts, la verdad no uso todos los complementos pero si los llegue a probar, el único inconveniente es la pequeña bolsa (filtro) se tapa muy rápido fuera de eso todo bien.

I have only used this one time so far and it seems to work pretty good. I have no complaints about it at this time.

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Works better than the others I bought and so far no complaints. Hope it lasts longer than 3 cleaning. The last electric one worked once and I had to replace it with this one that is working better than the last one I bought from a different seller.