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Um ok me again :%) lol with yet another dumb question! yay! I bought a um what I thought was a sorta vacuum cleaner for my ten gallon tank. . .(And I don't know the brand or anything sorry ) but I bought it at Petco, and I don't really know how to use it, but I can tell you the directions were to submerge it underwater and hold it there like five times? Is it supposed to clean my gravel of uneaten food (in which there is a lot of and I am not sure how to get rid of it. . .other than using a gravel vac type thing Or should I buy something else that actually sucks up the gravel? I am completely lost lol :%) so any help would be greatly appreciated. [img src='/images/forums/halo.gif' border=0] Also just a quick question, I am currently treating my betta fish (or swimmi if you prefer) for a mild case of popeye, and I am wondering, should I just treat the entire tank (ten gallons with a cory catfish and two cherry barbs) (the meds also are scaled for ten gallons) or put him in my one gallon quarentine tank and just treat him there, though without the correct measurements of medication?

(in which there is a lot of and I am not sure how to get rid of it. .

This could be the cause of your health problems old food and possibly fish waste. The whole tank will require a good cleaning and treating with the correct meds.

The cleaner you describe is a long about 6ins clear tube with a thinner soft plastic coming from the top of the clear plastic tube?

Once you answer that question the answer should be easy.

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Um yes I think that about describes it now if I could just figure out what it is and how to use it lol
also I had bought three cory catfish before, and the two of them died, though now I suspect they starved, due to the bunch of food in my tank, and nothing that will eat it. . .I am feeding regurarely (now I have reduced feedings to once per day) and Swimmi has lost all traces of popeye in just one day of treatment, though I think I will keep doing it, just maybe the whole tank. So other than the one cory cat that I suspect is not eating (should I switch the food? Or just switch to otos or something) And I think that about sums it up thanks for your reply

Place the wider tube in the tank and the narrow end in the bucket. The bucket must be lower than the water level of the tank, I use a kids chair. Keep your finger on the narrow end, fill the wider tube with water and raise it out of the water slightly, release the narrow end a bit until water starts to come out, stop the flow and lower the wider end into the tank again and fill it with water once again. When you release the narrow end the water should flow. Keep your finger near the drain end to control flow. If you do quick releases then stop and move the vac end you can get lot's of junk without loosing lots of water. The best thing to do is to just practice it over and over again.
Hope this explanation made sense. They should come with videos. What I did was went into my lfs and bugged the lady to show me how. It all made sense after that.

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Here's a link to a rather long winded instruction on how to use your gravel vac. Once you do it you will completely understand how it works.

http://www.firsttankguide.net/siphon.php

Jim

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What I do is very simple.

Wide tube into fish tank.
Thin tube into bucket at floor level.
Place tube into tank with finger on tube at bucket level.
I then suck it through and carefull not to swallow any tank water.

Simple but very easy.

For my large tank as each bucket fills I lift the thin draining tube up and hold it down under the glass top.

I hope this helps.

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Thanks for the help guys that helped a lot lol