Aqueon 06091 Gravel Tube, 18-Inch

I bought the hose kit and it came with such a short gravel tube that I ordered this one. I have a 55 gallon and the tube it came with was short but perfect for smaller tanks. With this item, I don't have to get my hand or arm in the water. Highly recommended if you need an extension.

I don't have a large tank only 30 gal, but this longer tube should have come with the kit to start. it makes cleaning a lot faster since I can just put it into the rocks at the start, instead of having to drain water first (to avoid getting wet). definitely a must-buy if you have a larger tank.

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Saddened that this was the only size option for my gravel vac. It's too long by a good 6 inches to be useful. It's currently sitting behind the tank, thinking about what it did.

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pros: long, large diameter, filtrate a large amount of water in a very short time.

Cons: can easily suck a medium size fish into it.

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I bought this for my Aqueon water changer, which I've used and loved for several years without issues. This extension has ruined it.

It is clearly a larger outer diameter than the tube that comes with the Aqueon water changer. As a result, it simply will not fit into the slot. I'm very curious to know how the other reviewers got it to work. Perhaps theirs were sized correctly and I got a bad extension or my original water changer is somehow different from theirs.

Regardless, I attempted to solve the problem by using a Dremel to grind off some of the outer layer of the extension tube so that it would fit. Well, it fit more of less, but not without cracking the slot on the water changer and pretty much breaking it. That piece cannot be bought by itself and necessitates buying a whole new hose.

I am going to attempt to use some silicone to plug the crack and hopefully continue to use it, but I thought that I should warn everyone that the extension tube might not actually fit their Aqueon water changer.

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