UPETTOOLSAquarium Gravel Cleaner - Electric Automatic Removable Vacuum Water Changer Sand Algae Cleaner Filter Changer 110V/28W

Well first off. This thing definitely isn’t for anything smaller than a 20 gallon tank. Barely fit my 10 gallon tank. Took a picture of it on the lid for a rough idea of the size. It’s huge to say the least. As for how it works. I love it! Cleaned the bottom of my tank up easy. I have a sand bottom tank! Do be careful though because the sponge filter it comes with doesn’t stop all the fine sand and will suck some of it up into the spinner. All can be taken apart and cleaned though so no worries. As shown in the picture I had noticed people had issues with the sand cleaner and getting it apart. I was able to get mine apart with a little wiggling and pulling straight apart and not twisting it. I would recommend this product!

Update: Now giving four stars after many months of using a replacement unit. I can give this product a higher recommendation. I have not had any problems with the motor on this second unit. I'm now even using it with a 50ft siphoning hose to directly power send water to the sink. Fits a 5/8 diameter hose very well. Much better than the thin, ribbed hose that's included with the unit. It's fraying at the ends, and the ribs makes the inside more difficult to dry and can lead to algae, mold, or fungal growth.Three stars for design and accessories that met my needs but low motor quality.The unit comes with a ball mesh attachment (sand wash head) that keeps small fish from being sucked into the system. I use it around small Kuli Loaches and 3 month baby fish without sucking them up. Also, I first tried using the system with the duckbill shaped suction, and did suck up one of my loaches and baby fish. I was pleased to find both fish alive and well in my water bucket. This system, apparently, has a better water flow-through system than similar products. One of the reasons I picked this system was the sand head. Other products I tried would kill the fish if they sucked them into their fan/blade chamber.Faster water suction rate than most other systems I've tried. I had to increase my sweeping speed along the bottom of the tank because the system filled my water bucket so much faster.Unfortunately, my unit stopped working after 2 months. Motor failure within 6 months is the main reason why I've tried several of these types of products. It would be nice if a well known and trusted company in the aquarium hobby would make a quality product to help with tank cleaning. I hope that most consumers would be willing to pay more for a quality product that worked well and had a motor system that didn't wear out. Because it's safer around my small fish, I'll try another one of these. Amazon did refund the broken unit.

This thing is really really useful when it comes to doing water changes and I also use it daily in my goldfish grow out tanks because of how much they poop. The suction / pushing power is great, I was able to hook it up to another hose that led straight to a drain so I don't need to move any buckets.Issues I've had:- If you get sand in this it struggles to function until you deep clean it out so always use the sand wand attachment when dealing with sand- Cleaning the sand wand attachment is its own thing, I cant really see a way to get the sponge out from it so I can never get that fully cleaned and after about 3 weeks of use I need to spray it out after every use which doesn't get everything out. I'm still hoping there's a way to get it out and I just haven't figured it out.- If you turn it on while the suction part is facing downward the magnet inside may not align properly and wont start suctioning till you turn it off then face it upward, re-align the magnet then turn it back on.- Suction will stop once the pump part of the tool is out of the water which isn't ideal for shallow tanks.With all this in mind this is still leagues better than doing this manually especially considering I do water changes daily and sand vac multiple times a day I cant imagine doing this without the tool.

Garbage product. Don’t waste your money. Got mine and it doesn’t even work whatsoever. The instructions don’t even show you how to operate the device. They only show how to partially assemble it. Should’ve just gone with a standard aquarium cleaner. Waste of money.

I loved this pump while it lasted. I bought it in early January 2025. And it just died today, in April 2025. :( I only had a single 20 gallon tank, then switched over to a 40 gallon tank. I was emptying my 20 gallon tank when it died randomly. The motor just stopped working suddenly. I tried different plugs but nope :/ didn’t get the power button wet or anything, not sure how else to explain it. It’s quiet, great flow, nice design. Not sure it was worth the money I spent given that it only lasted 3 months :,( sad.

This is the best aquarium vacuum I have ever owned! It has a nice strong suction and does a great job at sucking everything up! If I could, I would rate it 10 stars! I highly recommend this one! I use it for cleaning my little indoor turtle pond.

OMG I needed this! 70 gal had so much old flake food under those rocks. Yuck! This works better than I expected.