| | |  | Cleaning Supplies | Home » » » » Fluval EDGE Gravel Cleaner, 15-inch Intake Tube | | | | | | | Description: | | Keep your Fluval Edge Aquarium beautiful and clean with the Fluval Edge Gravel Cleaner. The Fluval Edge Gravel Cleaner has an easy-start valve that ensures trouble-free starting. The Gravel Guard and slim nozzle allow for easy cleaning of your aquarium without clogging the hose and its angled fitting reduces kinking. Just pump to start and work gravel tube up and down so that a continuous flow of gravel is picked up and returned to the bottom. | | | Features: | |
• Contoured for angled reach
• Includes 2 cleaning heads and an easy-start valve
• Works in planted and decorated aquariums
• Exclusive gravel guard
• 13-inch intake tube and a 5-foot water tube
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.3 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.3 inches | | Product Height:
| 18.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.48 pounds | | Package Length:
| 17.72 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.38 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.83 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 15 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Perfect to clean your aquarium, whatever the size of itJan 17, 2012
By Daniel
This gravel cleaner is perfect to clean not only the intended Edge tanks but any other tank since it consist of a plastic tube with a hose. There are no compatibility issues as some reviewers seem to suggest. It's too simple for having a problem. And the size of the tank you are cleaning has an importance mostly based on your style and preferences. I prefer to take my time and clean thoroughly every spot I want. This cleaner allows me to do that in a 29 gallon aquarium because a so-called "ideal" gravel cleaner for that size (namely a 2" tube with a 1/2" hose) would suck a bucket of water every 30 seconds or so, which is way too fast in my opinion. So, what you have to keep in mind when selecting a gravel cleaner is the debit of water sucked per second, and that is given by the diameter of the hose. It's a concept that everyone who went to a high school should know: Venturi effect. Every gravel cleaner on the market has basically the same flow speed ratio between the tube and the hose. The difference observed by users is obviously given by the fact that the diameters of the hoses are different from one cleaner to another. A better understanding of the suction power would be to consider what would happen if only a hose would be used, making abstraction of the gravel.
So, this gravel cleaner works great in Edge tanks but also in any other tank, big or small, as long as you keep in mind that the hose has an internal diameter of 3/8" so the suction power is limited by that. That doesn't mean no suction power. To me it's actually the ideal power for most sizes of aquariums. And this cleaner comes with 2 cleaning heads that improve the options you have when cleaning - deep clean or hard to reach areas. I enjoy the deep cleaning the most.
The bigger sizes of gravel cleaners have hoses with 1/2" internal diameter which in my opinion is only appropriate for over 50 gallon aquariums since with that size, you will fill a bucket very fast and for smaller aquariums you will end up making a 50% or more water change with every cleaning. That is not recommended.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
WORKS GREAT FOR THE FLUVAL EDGEMar 26, 2011
By K. Gilman
This gravel cleaner is designed for the 6 gal Fluval Edge (Nano) tank. It works great for this purpose. It looks like some of the reviewers didn't realize this was designed for a 6 gal tank.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Works WellMar 13, 2011
By Sandman619
This is a handy gravel cleaner for smaller tanks. Larger tanks would require a larger vac opening
Cheers !
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Works greatApr 14, 2012
By J. Fauth
This is well made, but a little large for a small tank. It works well to clean the gravel without having to completely drain the tank. I would definitely recommend this for anyone who cleans there tank frequently.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Good for Fluval EdgeApr 02, 2012
By brijyp
Bought this for Fluval Edge (to replace an automatic gravel cleaner that lost the gravel attachment). The nozzle is narrower than the "small" size available at the pet store, and it reaches. I only wish it had a squeezy-bulb thing like other manual gravel cleaners for an easier start. But it's sufficient for the task!
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