Best advice for nanos

**InannaMoon** · 03-03-2013, 07:49 AM

Hi all, just wondering if anyone has from fresh advice on how to out the bottom of my nano since trying to get a siphon in there isn't really an option...

**karce87** · 03-03-2013, 02:44 PM

Are you asking how to remove waste from the substrate?

Green_Flash · 03-03-2013, 09:02 PM

air tubing?

Yankee · 03-03-2013, 11:21 PM

Imma need some more info before I help - just how small is the tank and do you have some spare airline tubing?

mosspearl · 03-04-2013, 07:14 AM

I use air tubing to vacuum the substrate in my 2.5 gallon tanks. It doesn't pick up everything, some things get stuck in the tubing, but overall it does the job. Makes water changes easier, too.

etgregoire · 03-04-2013, 04:09 PM

One of my friends posted on here a while back of something he made. I think it was a highlighter marker, taken apart with airline tubing attached. The marker gave a little more siphon area than the tip of the tubing alone.

sharonluvd · 03-04-2013, 04:30 PM

for smaller tanks.. I use airline hose... and when I want to get to the bottom of a tank... and don't want to disturb substrate or get to hard to reach places... I use long tweezers and rubberband the hose between the pincers... so i can pinpoint what i want to suck out.

03-03-2013, 07:49 AM	#1
InannaMoon Geek (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Oxfordshire, UK Posts: 186	Best advice for nanos Hi all, just wondering if anyone has from fresh advice on how to out the bottom of my nano since trying to get a siphon in there isn't really an option... __________________ The Fraternity of Dirt #94 (Journal to come...)

03-04-2013, 07:14 AM	#5
mosspearl Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Oregon Posts: 272	I use air tubing to vacuum the substrate in my 2.5 gallon tanks. It doesn't pick up everything, some things get stuck in the tubing, but overall it does the job. Makes water changes easier, too. __________________ ~Toni First Nano 2.5 gallon Aqueon Evolve4 set up 10 gallon set up Planted Jars

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03-03-2013, 02:44 PM	#2
karce87 Long-time Lurker (View User Tanks) PTrader: (21/100%) Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 149	Are you asking how to remove waste from the substrate?

03-03-2013, 09:02 PM	#3
Green_Flash Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: United States Posts: 1,456	air tubing?

03-03-2013, 11:21 PM	#4
Yankee Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Oregon Posts: 235	Imma need some more info before I help - just how small is the tank and do you have some spare airline tubing?

03-04-2013, 04:09 PM	#6
etgregoire Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 272	One of my friends posted on here a while back of something he made. I think it was a highlighter marker, taken apart with airline tubing attached. The marker gave a little more siphon area than the tip of the tubing alone.

03-04-2013, 04:30 PM	#7
sharonluvd Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: los angeles, ca Posts: 23	for smaller tanks.. I use airline hose... and when I want to get to the bottom of a tank... and don't want to disturb substrate or get to hard to reach places... I use long tweezers and rubberband the hose between the pincers... so i can pinpoint what i want to suck out.