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Converting Pressure Washer To Aquarium Cleaner

08/21/2011 8:39 AM

The bottom of my aquarium is a thin concrete plate.

As fish excretion often sink in the bottom and with high nitrate and ammonia, I think I need to clean the bottom by using vacuum cleaner principle.

Can I suck the bottom by connecting the water inlet of a high pressure cleaner, and then dispose the effluent?

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Re: Converting Pressure Washer To Aquarium Cleaner

08/21/2011 9:25 AM

Pressure washer cleaning aquarium tank
This is not a good idea. Listen to kamarat. You won't get better answers by posting twice.

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Re: Converting Pressure Washer To Aquarium Cleaner

08/21/2011 1:37 PM

How big is your aquarium? For indoor aquariums we use under-gravel filters covered in gravel and allow an ecosystem to develop. Then change a percentage of the water at regular intervals. There are chemical systems to combat the ammonia.

You could use your pressure washer, with a Bernoulli system to pull the water off the tank floor.

I don't think that is the best way though. The fecal matter breaks down so quickly that you would have to vacuum continuously.

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