It was a rough start with this siphon cleaner. The teeny assembly diagrams with no text identifying parts or explaining how things fit together ticked me off considerably. Then I remembered I was an idiotic male who never reads the instructions anyway. I dumped the parts out of the bag and did it my way. If one end doesn't fit just try the other. (I bet the reviewer with what he/she thinks is a mismatched part is trying to follow these teeny diagrams and probably just needs to turn the part around and try the other end.) In the end it looked like it looks in the picture and worked like a charm. I like it so much that I used the suction cups to plant it in the aquarium like some sort of robotic tree. Nice touch. The fish like it; I like it. Everybody's very happy. I have to mention one last thing to pull a potential purchaser off the fence: supreme suction power, as strong as it gets. Yay! Good purchase on my part!

every time the fish tank to change water will take a long time, with this product saved me a lot of time, but also clean up very much.also equipped come with a lot of accessories,I think this Vacuum Electric Gravel Cleaner is better than my old hand pump siphon,So I am going to adapt it.the attachments work well to vacuum through the small pebble bottom of my turtle tank which has an under gravel filter. All clogged quickly with the smaller stones probably because of the very good suction.I am going to continue to work with it for a few times,Did a great job on my tank and the Instructions in the box are in Chinese,but they send me an english Version by email to instruct me how to install and use it.

I have a 10 gallon tank that I am not very good at keeping clean. As a result, I end up having to remove the water and clean it 100% every few months. I've bought this device with the expectation that it will help me keep the tank clean for a larger period of time.

This handy dandy little device comes in a single box with all the components in it. The pole has several sections making it ideal for doing deep tanks as well as shallow ones. The catch is the pump must remain under water while in use. Do not pull out of water before turning off the suction via the off and on switch, or it could burn out the motor on it. It cleans the bottom of the tank with both a gravel sifter or vacuum head and can be mounted in the tank as a filtration system with the use of the small bag included and instructions also included. I use it to clean my small guppy tank and our larger grow out tank for Angel Fish babies which we sell. I wanted something to make water changes and clean up much less of a chore since we currently have several tanks with different kinds of breeding fish in them and this does the trick. Love being able to hang the hose into a 5 gallon bucket and fill it with the old water as well as using it to pump fresh water back into the tank from a bucket of fresh water. If you have ever had to change more than a few gallons you know what a pain it is to try and use the hand tool to do that. First you either squeeze the bulb or suck or try the gravity game of catching enough water in the hose to get the suction started. This tool removes that chore and makes changing water as easy as assembling this (we keep it non assembled while being stored to save room) put the device in the water, plug it up turn it on and start cleaning. I am also wary of catching fish while changing water, unsure if this has some kind of vibration but the fish avoid it while cleaning is being done, where as my husband has caught several of our fish while cleaning with the old fashioned method of hose and suction. I would recommend this to anyone who dreads doing water changes due to the previous mentioned issues. We currently have a full load in our grow out tank and water changes are a must to keep both the tank sanity and the babies growing up in it healthy. Love the fact it can be mounted in the tank and used as an ongoing filtration I just prefer to be more hands on with our babies and Angels are highly intelligent fish that are very interactive so cleaning their tank is something I now look forward to.

First I have to say this is really multifunctional. I have a big tank but not too deep just wide and like 200Gal. And I do have a lot of blood parrots fish and two dragon fish.they have a lot of excrement and I can’t clean that so clean. So I heard about this kind of vacuum stuff. And I tried it’s reall reall good to use !! Very clean and easy to fix it. That’s perfect for me. And they also have a lot of different features but I need try that later. At least the vacuum function is great! Recommend it if you want something can clean your tank.

If you want a cleaner way to clean your big fish tank, I highly recommend this vacuum. You can recycle the water or take out the water as you clean the tank. It works great for my 65 gallon tank. I'm so thankful I found this. Granted I've only used it once. Will report back if anything goes wrong with other uses. It takes a few minutes to put the vacuum together, but well worth the buy, in my honest opinion. No more lugging around gallons of water and getting the carpet wet, while cleaning the tank. Patience is a virtue and always lay down some towels for some drips, as you take the vacuum in and out of the tank to clean.

Much nicer than a siphon gravel cleaner. I have a 20 gallon tank and a 5 gallon bucket I would use to to drain my siphon gravel cleaner into. I would never have enough time to clean all the gravel before my bucket filled up, and I would have to pour it back in to repeat the process. Now with this electric gravel vac, there is no need to do that anymore. The included filter sock also was very efficient at capturing all the little free floating algae, meaning my tank was crystal clear after a gravel cleaning.

This vacuum is amazing! I have a 40 gallon tank with fancy goldfish in it, and as you can imagine, I have to do water changes very often because of how much waste they produce. I bought a large gravel vacuum from a local fish store and it sucked. I hopped on Amazon and found this and it was delivered faster than expected, which is always nice. I used it for the first time today, and wow. It’s so incredibly easy to use, easy to put together, sucks up the waste, and quickly empties the water without it doing it so fast that you can’t completely clean the tank. I love this product and my water changes will never be the same. My back doesn’t hurt, I’m not soaking wet, and I don’t have to give up with a stupid siphon and use a milk jug instead! Thank you for making this product!

So this thing has alot of parts and poor instructions. So let me tell you right now, the sand washing head mentioned in the directions for cleaning sand stone.. thats the best piece in the bunch for cleaning anything (at least as far as I can tell) it sucks up from gravel and sand easy. It doesn't try to eat the rocks like the triangular head does. Both sand cleaners work well and the brush works well too, just not as practical as the others for a fish tank.

Great, strong vac for a small pond, with a long handle and tons of attachments for different uses. Only thing I didn't like was the switch, which is No Way waterproof. So I subbed a covered switch (from A, 3 pack) which makes me feel I won't get electrocuted with wet hands if I'm still careful. The attachments have some cheesy molded parts but holding up so far. Use the long hose up out of the pond and into a bucket, not the wimpy sock included. (A 200 mesh nut milk bag tied on the bucket end is fine enough to capture chorella and other algaes.) Submerge before turning on, there is no problem with this pumps operation. Keep it clean and it should last forever.