Continuous Fish tank Vacuum filter

This is my first Instructable so any suggestions are welcomed.
I got a fish tank from a neighbor that needed to be cleaned. I knew that the tank vac works but I did not think that i could get it clean enough before I ran out of water in the tank.
I came up with this.

This is what you need.

1. A pond pump. 100 gph
2. plastic tubeing
3. Fishtank vac
4. Plastic bucket
5. 1l and 2l plastic bottles
6. binder clips
7. Filter media (quilt batting)

Step 1 The setup

The first thing you need to do is cut the bottom off the 2L bottle and cut a section out of the 1L bottle put it under the 2L for a spacer.  Set them in the bucket and use one of the clips to hold it to the side. Then put the batting in the 2L bottle.

Comments

[fiddleshe]

Actually its perfectly safe to take the polyfill or batting your using put it in a mesh delicates bag or a tied up pillow case and run it through your washing machine using only pure ammonia. I run it through 2 cycles and 2 rinse cycles. Then you can reuse it forever. Ive been using mine for about 2 years with no problems for my fish and I have 20 plus tanks in my house.

[Mamohau]

This is excellent! I'd just been developing such a cleaner using an old drinking water filter but stopped because I couldn't find any clips big enough to hold the return tube to the tank. Putting a flexi-pond hose over the vacuum hose is also a brilliant idea - stops the blasted thing from curling! I'm going to set this up today! My fish will be very pleased with the reduction in tank cleaning time and less stressful for them too. Now could someone develop a vacuum that doesn't take up the snails and loose plants but allows the dirt out!