Still Vacuuming Substrate? - Here's How To Stop!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- I don't vacuum my substrate anymore! Granted how I accomplish this may not work for everyone, but it can work for most! Try this and NEVER VACUUM SUBSTRATE AGAIN! 😁
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I totally agree , every since I seen your video about putting a wave maker in the tank, I have not had to vacuum my 55 gallon in over a year. That has been the best investment yet. Thank you, also my angel fish don't seem to mind, my flow is not full force . Keep doing your thing, loving your info.
Glad to hear that bro! And big thanks for joing the membership! Your support is highly appreciated! 😁
I have not a wave maker, but a powerjet kind of just simple filter that has coarse foam in it - it blasts from one side of the tank to the other. I LOVE this filter, but my little fishes are like OMG WHERE AM I and they get knocked around a bit. I love how it moves my sand around and makes "waves" and bumps in my sand and it constantly moves the water. I also used it without fish to cycle the tank before we got fish and it made my tank so clean and crystal clear for nearly a month and a half. They are awesome and I would love to use it with my little fish lol.
Man I must say my freshwater tank is where it is today because of you Kev and the caveman channel really love your videos bro since day one of me starting my tank. I haven’t had to vacuum my tank in like 4 months myself because of my two wave makers constantly working👍🏾 jus doing my weekly water changes and my water stays crystal clear man you guys better hit that sub button and follow along with Kev man he always make very helpful videos. Thanks bro
Thanks for the great positive feedback bro, I really appreciate it!! 😁😁
You make everything so much easier with your knowledge.. thanks again brother.. ❤
I have sand substrate in a fish only tank and have never done gravel vac in 2 years. Using a good wave maker to blowaway the detritus. You can use wavemaker even with fishes that like calm water by not running it continuously. Position the wavemaker about 8 to 10 inches above the bottom, just enough that it doesn't blow away the sand and you can run the wavemaker for an hour or two daily.
My angels love the wave maker lol, They play in the flow!
The wave maker has helped me with not having to vacuum my 55 gallon tank for over 6 months. Thank you for your advice!
Awesome! Glad I could help! 😁
Beautiful, black and you’re into fish where you at lmao but what do you have stock in your 55?
@@KaveManAquatics I have two wave makers in my 400L tank but struggling with where to place them to remove excess poo from my pleco and Oscars where's best to place them both thanks
What type of filter do you have on your 55? @angelmika
I use a powerful aerator pump with multiple stones throughout the tank. To help keep things stirred up. I never have dirty surface substrate.
Kev you seriously got me loving this hobby and I just wanna thank you for your helpful knowledge.
Love to hear that! Glad you're enjoying the channel! 😁
Agreed 👍 thank you kev
Dude.... Savannah Smiles....❤️❤️❤️❤️. Thanks for your videos.
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
I love this video. I was literally just thinking why should I vacuum if I don't have any nasties. I move my wave maker around a couple times a week to kick stuff up and send it through the canister. Great advice and I'm glad I'm not wrong in thinking this.
You got it bro!!! 😁💪
I have a wavemaker and it definitely works but like you said Kevin my goldfish were having to constantly swim against the current. Now instead I have 2 filters running at opposite ends of my 400 litre tank, an FX4 and an FX6, one outlet nicely rippling the surface for good oxygenation, the other at the opposite end low down creating nice water circulation. My water is crystal clear and the gravel stays very clean although the goldfish really do a lot of work there themselves picking up big mouthfuls of gravel, cleaning it off in their mouths and then spitting it back out, they are better than any gravel vacuum I find! The flow is good enough to keep things clean and oxygenated but once a day for maybe 10 minutes I manually switch the wavemaker on just to make sure there are no dead spots of still water in the tank. This system works well for me along with some Corys cleaning up any uneaten food from the bottom. Your advice has been invaluable to me my friend, thanks for everything you share dude! 👍
Thats awesome, glad you figured out how to make it work for your goldfish! 😊💪
I watched your videos today and got a wave maker. I have been keeping fish since a child and never had one till today. Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure bro, glad I could help 💪
Happy Holidays Brother!
Same to you bro, thanks! 😁
Brooooooooo I appreciate these edits ❤️🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Glad you're enjoying them bro! 😊💪
I'm glad I found your video right before I spent money on vacuuming stuff. Since I put a Wavemaker on my 75G African chiclid tank, there's barely any stuff laying around on top of my pool filter sand. I just suck what I can with the hose that I use to remove the water. The FX6 catches the rest. I'll keep it like that. And yes, my aquascape is very minimalist. I even took my 3d background out. It used too much room and it trapped junk back there. Plus my fish would hide back there 80% of the time! Thank you for another great video!
best thing i have done - it worked .used a sun sun double head wavemaker for a week on my 150 gallon sump and tank set up - jeez the amount of poop it pushed in to the sump sponge within a couple of days - was nuts by fancies create a lot of waster . tks mate
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Thanks to you my water is crystal clear. I have my canister filter along with an HOB purifying filter. I’ve reduced my feeding food quantity “whatever your feeding your fish CUT IT IN HALF! Lol” I have 2 wave makers one with less flow” and since I’ve applied your tips to my tank, my water has been crystal clear and my sand substrate has been super clean! You’re amazing, love your videos. I’ve been fish keeping for years but I have learned soo much!!! Keep doing what you do! 🤗👍
Awesome! Happy to hear of your success. Glad I was able to help get you there!
Ive learnt so much from you as a new starter thanks kev
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful. 😊
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Hey Kevin, as an addendum to "Still Vacuuming Substrate?"; would you please (it would be helpful in deciding where and how to place intake and outlet with a background) make a video demonstrating how your wave maker aids in circulating the tanks water to your intake. (Your intake and output are concealed behind your background). Kevin many thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience in keeping these beautiful specimen, their housing, and their care and health. I appreciate all that you do and publish immensely as do others; I know!!
Hey Stan, I have an older video on my wave maker placement before installing the 3d background. But even though the intake is behind it, the circular pattern of water will still work the same way, detritus will find its way behind the background and thats exactly where it should go since the intakes are back there 😁 heres the video - ua-cam.com/video/-GxwWc_riuA/v-deo.html
btw...new video on wave maker, intake and output placement coming soon...keep an aye out for it!
Nice 1 Kaveman 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
I’m sure I am not the only one to say that your videos are so helpful. I don’t have African cichlids but I do have a Midas/Red Devil and a Flowerhorn in a 125 gallon. I am planning on getting a Fluval FX-6 here shortly and can’t wait to install it. Thank you for all the helpful tips.
My pleasure, glad you're enjoying the channel! You will not be disappointed with that FX6! 😁
Kev firstly thanks for providing such great knowledge and helping us all to have a great tank that we look at. I have 3 tanks and I follow a lot of Kev’s advise and it just keeps the fishes happy and seeing them healthy and hearty make my day. All thanks to the Kevman.
My pleasure! Thank you so much for that positive feedback! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Also yes goldfish do naturally come from slow moving water but I have seen them handle so pretty powerful current very comfortably.
I bought my first couple cichlids bro. You all the help i needed. Bless up brotha 💯💯💯
Nice! Congrats!
I knew you were going to say "wavemaker" I am getting one as soon as I get out of quarantine. Great ideas. Thanks
LOL, Glad I could help!
Thanks!
My pleasure, thank you!! 😊💪
This all makes perfect sense! If you do this and you get one of those water pumps Kave man did a video on - you could get water change / maintenance down a lot. That is important as we all live busy lives.
I’ve got a lot of live plants and rock works - so I still vacuum despite my wavemaker going 24/7..
For me however the biggest plus from the wavemaker is it makes my fish calmer, healthier and happier! i don’t think I would ever do without one again!
Thank you bro! You are absolutely right, thats another major benefit to the wave maker! Glad to hear its working out well for you
I would like to have a lot of live plans too. Do you have your planted tank in a cichlid tank, or more like a community tank?
Been a fish keeper for 45 years, this last 5 years when I found corycats I started getting groups of a few that since they started having eggs I know have just picked out around 15 eggs with some that always hatch in the tank, I just had another flood at 1am xmas day with my Greek Hubby screaming that turned out to be my aqua filter that was pushing the water all over, So no leaks thank Jesus, So turning that one off & just keeping my tidal & foam filter I was looking on either a new airpump or the air mover then I saw this video as I need to do somthing, with so many corycats & snails that he`s finally agreeing there are too many as he saves every little thing, Even grows fruit flies for the spiders as winter they need food, I`m loving this video & learning more on what to do, Ty
Am not vacuuming my substrate Kev the way you think I already have two wavemakers but every time I move my rocks they will have poop underneath them. No matter what wavemakers can't clean under a stone. And second because African cichlids are moving lots portions of sand , especially in the corners, I have , now and then, to straight my substrate up! So that's the vacuuming am doing, nothing more but I still considering it as vacuuming.
Cool, every setup is different, glad you have a good system in place 👍
Thanks Kev! Found your channel today and have been binging for hours! Doing all my research now to prep for getting a big tank for 2 Koi. You got the best content Ive seen so far!
Awesome! Thank you! Glad you're finding the channel helpful!! 😊
I have found that my wave maker has just cleaned my substrate. Usually there is a little debris and maybe 2 hours later it's completely gone. I plan on getting another wave maker because 1 it doesn't move my substrate on my other side of the tank and 2 so it can get the debris gone faster. Plus my fish like the flow!
Another amazing video as always KAVEMAN! I bought a fish from snake river cichlids with your discount code and I'm going to use your method of adding one fish at a time!
Awesome bro! Glad I could help! 😁
I love and appreciate how much free information you give everyone that’s why I dnt mind doing my pet I’ve already purchased few things thru you thanks lot bro appreciate you
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Brother you have the best channel on youtube about aquariums, keep going and merry christmas.
Thank you bro! I appreciate that! 😁 Merry Christmas to you as well!
Hey K man great vid as usual. Have 2 wave makers in my 100g all male cichlid tank. Great circulation and haven't vacuumed in 4 months and counting. Love the insertion of the movie clips in your vids. Maybe a Sopranos or Good Fellows clip next time ? haha Merry Christmas to you and your family...
Thank you bro, glad you enjoyed it and glad to hear the method has been working for you also! Yes, Im definitely going to continue adding in more movie clips 😁
What a great piece of advise! Been doing since video first dropped and can tell you it saves so much time! I push may top wave maker down so that as the pump runs in opposite side it sucks up waste and out hose to toilet. This a game changer! Kev you the MAN!🤛🏽
Nice!! Glad I could help!! 😁😁
You are awesome !!! Thank you ordering me a wave maker today .
Thank you! Glad you're finding the channel helpful! 😁💪
Them is some happy looking fish!!! 😊
Yes SIRRR 😊💪
Dude I just found you today subscribed already! I need to get a wavemaker for my tank! Thanks for the information about it! So far LOVE THE VIDEOS!!!!! Please keep it coming!
Thanks for the sub bro! Glad you’re enjoying the channel 😁💪
I bought the uniclife wavemaker and used another smaller wavemaker to get the cycle of water movement in my tank as suggested. Its been a few days now and im already noticing a big improvement in my tank as far as debris and poop and etc arent staying at the bottom of the tank leaving my substrate looking clean. There are still a few spots with debris and all but nothing like how it was before I started the water circulation thing. Even when I do feeding and the fish make a mess some times, the circulation helps bring that stuff into the filters after awhile and the tank looks clean. Thank you Kev :)
Awesome to hear! Glad it's working out well for you! Thanks for sharing your success with us! 😁
The exact topic-suggestion-information I'm looking for ....
Thankyou
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Yes. And a good quality gravel vac costs the same as a cheap and nasty but functional wave maker!!!
Do you think there is such thing as too much flow in a Mbunu tank???
Hi, best advice ever! Please keep posting more advice its really appreciated. I have a 1.2m deep tank, had major difficulty keeping the substrate clean. Your advice was awsome thanks.
1.2 meter tall. I like that. Planted tank? Or?
No lava rocks...and black substrate...malaxi cichlids.
@@gameadadams5338 Cool. Could look cool! Possible to post a pic somehow?
Does the 1.2m tall tank create some challenges ?
New subscriber from south Florida ❤️❤️❤️all your videos 🙏🙏
Awesome! Thank you! 😁
Want to say Thanks first of all ... Man you gave me alot of good information for a beginner on this fish community hobby. I am two years in and still learning alot... Thanks for all the info you share...
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Thank you for your videos! I’m about to buy a wave maker to hopefully help my tank !!
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Interesting take on aquarium maintenance. 🤔
You make me feel so better about keeping up my fish tank.
Glad to hear that! 😊
Your tank does look nice. I'm using a sump overflow system (overflow sponge and pre-filters, plumbed to a FX6) and the return nozzle is coming out at the overflow on the right side of my 150gal. The FX6 is blasting the water across the tank slamming into the far left wall 72" away and was working great on the detritus, I guess like the wave maker does. Unfortunately all my fish are juvenile Tanganyikans (Fronts and Comps) 1" to 1-1/2" long. It was blowing them around like the cow caught in the tornado in the Wizard of OZ. I had to adjust the flow to a corner of the tank. Great information Kev, and it works, but I'm still stuck gravel vac-ing... my sand looks like you sprinkled paprika all over it by the end of the week. The positive thing about this whole situation is, my Green Dragon Bushynose is getting fat. 😏
Yes!!!! Because of you, I bought a wave maker and since then it’s cut my tank cleaning by 1/2. Thank you sir!
Awesome! Glad I could help! 😁💪
we have an undergravel filter system, so we do have to gravel clean occasionally, i heard you have to disturb the gravel or sulver will build ect
I have a different system in play; I have deep sand substrates and heavily planted tanks. No vacuum siphoning, nothing but air filters. The mulm and detritus are never a problem and my water is crystal clear. As the mulm breaks down it is pulled into the sand layers by micro organisms and bacteria thus recycling and feeding the plants.
Ocean Aquarium in San Francisco California uses this method and has not done water changes in 30 years, they don't vacuum either.
Father Fish channel explains it in great detail; fix it and forget about it tanks.
You use sand as substrate in your heavily planted tank ??
Does the “floor” looks clean ?
Thank you for your service. Great channel. Great videos.
Much appreciated, Thank you! Glad you're enjoying the channel!
👀 watching from London 🇬🇧
Awesome!! Thank you!! 😁
Great Content! Thanks Kaveman. As always, condensed logical info. Truly greatful.
My pleasure bro, glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Sound advice! Kev you always give great information. Quick and to the point.
Thanks bro, glad you found it helpful!
Honestly even a simple setup with a HOB in the center back and an air stone on each back corner will churn the water up and towards the filter where it would otherwise be stagnant sends the detritus towards the intake. I always go for live plants too, enough of them and between the bacteria doing what they do best and plants I never have to bother with water changes. Living in a dry climate and the high turnover of the water means I add a gallon or two pretty often so there's always fresh water going in but no need to remove any with the filter sucking up all the detritus and plants making sure I never have nitrites n such is huge, happy fish and crystal clear water without needing to move water back and forth not to mention the way a tank looks with natural looking sand substrates, driftwood and plants just can't be beat.
Live and learn, Ur de man!! Thanks for this new way.
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
I'm a newbie and have learnt so much from your vids. Unfortunately i dont have a tank big enough for a wave maker 😢 But i did watch a Q&A vid of yours, where you suggested doing a sand/gravel vac without doing a water change. How do you do this when it's sucking up water with the poop 💩 🤔 thanks Tracey from England
Thanks for the advice Kev. Imma get me a 🌊 maker
Glad I could help! 😁
Definitely buying a wave maker this weekend. Day 2 or 3 gets cloudy. Have 2 adult platy, 5 neon tetras, 3 corys and 7 baby platys (in an isolating tub, we call the nursery). 80 litres tank. Absolutely 100% enjoy your videos.
Glad to hear it! 😁
You have some other problems, even without a circulation pump, your tank should stay clear, sounds like tank is not cycled yet.
Is a 1000l/h wave maker to much for a 30 gallon tank? I also have some smaller fish in there
Awesome vidios btw .we enjoy the lessons 😊
Thank you! 😊 Glad you're enjoying the channel!
Hey brother, I play the piano. I get a lot of piano video recommendations. The thumbnail for this video was above a thumbnail of just hands and a piano. It looked like you were playing the piano while I was scrolling down my feed. I couldn't stop laughing. I took a screenshot hehe
I just visualized it, and you’re right. That would have been funny to see! 🤣
Started my freshwater tank by watching his videos. Now I’m trying to watch more to go to salt water. 😂 Need all the help I can get.
I'm going that route very soon brother...stay tuned! 😁💪
Great Information I always like Alot of Water Movement with Back Filters and High Pressure Water Polisher 240 gallons a hour...also is a filter and has a center cylinder case to put in with charcoal or just filter material made Marineland Magnum Polisher about 80 bucks Moves alot of Water and is a filter...
What about installing an under gravel filter (plenum)...
Would love to chill and talk tanks with this guy
Love talking tanks with my fellow fish keepers! 😁💪
Merry Christmas Kev. 🎅
Thanks bro, same to you!! 😁😁
Wow, I have a 65g community tank with 6 tetras, 2 gouramis and 2 angels and thanks to you I realize that they would not like the wave builder as it would toss them about. I have 2 red blood parrot fish, a Severum n 2 Chinese algae eaters who would manage w a wave builder. I also have the fluval canister filter. I’m wondering if I used a low setting on the wave builders if that would help? If not I will have to do my current weekly water vacuum n deep water changes! I also have added 2 bubble stones, I love the bubbles b hate the pump noise on my fancy tank, as the canister filter is noise free. Wish I could get wave builders. I also have my ups battery installed.
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
Thank you bro, same to you! 😁
Gonna give the WM a try. Vacuuming is a pain. Thanks for the vid.
My pleasure! Good luck 😁
Loving the content man. You give really valuable advise and info. But if you don't mind i have one critic about this video. I've only had my koi tank for a week and your videos have been a God-send. Because of how good your content is and how well you present it, i don't think you need the movie cut clips. They're a bit distracting. You're good as you are bro. Don't try to be like the others. I have nothing but respect for you man.
Thanks for your feedback…I truly appreciate it. I’m gathering up all the feedback I can to try and make the videos informative and entertaining for everyone. It’s always a learning process 😁
I respectfully disagree. His movie cut clips, are apart of his personality too. Instructional videos are a dime a dozen, and lack spirit which certain people need, to learn. We don’t all learn in the same way. He must be doing something right or there would not be so many people finding the help they need from his videos and books.
my Gravel is only a thin level, but i still vac it, it does tend to get trapped in gravel rather than sand. Nice video..👍
Your tank looks amazing! Thanks for the tip!
Thank you!! 😁 My pleasure!
Awesome subject Kev!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! 😁
Good video - thank you.
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful. 😊
BTW, you should check out my new Aquarium Keeping APP designed for beginners! - ua-cam.com/play/PLP5OXTIIDO8MyRXOeOqhwzruSWFdhcaNh.html
@@KaveManAquatics Hah! I've had the app for a month, Bro. It's pretty cool. Thank you!
Nice job keep going with the videos
Great video and beautiful tank.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!
here is a question:
what about all that detrites that builds up in the filter?
isn't it abit harmful for the bacteria?
doesn't it make the filter cleaning more often??
doesn't it make the filter that much more dirty?
New in hoby. Love your channel. Thank you for posting and sharing knowledge with us. Subscribed. Take care and stay safe.
Thank you so much! Glad to hear you’re enjoying the channel! 😁💪
what filter u use now with wave maker?
FX6 😁
Man you have a very beautiful 😍❤️😊 tank
Thank you! 😊
Yes I've trouble with a lot of detritus lying on the substrate and have to do a surface vacuuming every week, too bad the Tidal 35 aren't doing a good job sucking up them. And yes, the my fishes don't like fast flowing water, so gotta live with it. The extra job makes things fun too.
Thank you for your very informative videos! Also, thank you for your service! Semper Fi! I’m a Marine Mom! ❤️🦅🌎⚓️
Nice! Thanks for your service as well because moms go through what we go through too 😁💪
Just ordered a mini wave maker for my 20 gallon tank. I hate those air pumps anyway, noisy both outside and inside the tank.
I recently added a small Hygger wavemaker to my 29 gallon planted community tank, which is not necessarily a classic candidate for a wavemaker. However, after playing with the positioning in order to get the water flow optimized to reach the filter intake, it definitely has kept the water clearer. When the substrate does get disturbed and releases detritus into the tank, the filter also removes it more quickly now. The other motivation has been planted take owners saying that the circulation improves the distribution of nutrients to the plants and improves growth. Hard to prove, but it wasn't the main reason I did it and I will see if I notice any difference in growth.
Glad to hear that the addition of a wavemaker is helping even in a planted tank! Let me know if it also improves there nutrient intake 😊
Can ask what wave maker you got for your 29 gal? I have a 29 gal as well and thinking about purchasing a wave maker to replace a bubble bar. My tank has primarily long-finned tetras and albino corydoras if that makes any difference. Will the wave maker interfere with the corys coming to the top for oxygen?
I have a planted tank. Im interested in getting a wave maker to move the water around more than my sponge filter does. I keep mainly tetras and guppies. I dont want anything too powerful. Which one would you recommend? I love your channel. I have learned so much from you. Thank you!
Great video....but I have a question...when using two wave makers.. one up top.. one down low opposite side.. do I use the same size?? I have a 75gal.. I also have a fluval sea cp4 wave maker.. should I do the same size for the other one????
I have a 65 gal tank of cichlids. I have rocks in the bottom. In your videos I see you have sand? I like that look! How would I go about changing to the sand?
I have been doing the same thing and I haven't vacuumed my tank in 2 months.. I also have african cichlids.. as always love your videos..
That is awesome!
I’m going on 3 months no vacuum on my 60 an 75. Thanks man
Nice!!! 😁💪
Good video, good advice for people who can have a good current to sweep up the crud and a have a big enough tank. I find that sometimes pockets of gas form under my sand and gravel vacuum takes care of this small problem. I don't know if I let it go if I will get bigger pockets of gas. Probably not a problem, but not sure yet
If you keep any sand sifting fish they will help with gas pocket formations
I have my wave maker on a timer twice a day for half an hour and work perfect.
My gourami prefers still water, so this wouldn't be an option for me. This is really good to know in case I set up a second tank! Thanks for this vid!
My pleasure, and yes you're right. Go with an airstone for good water movement if you dont already have one 😊
Honestly man I really want to say Thank you and I appreciate you, I been watching your videos for a year now. You really have been my Teacher through this process. I’m already breeding fish lol
That’s awesome! So glad I could help, my pleasure! 😁
Good stuff, thanks
My pleasure! Glad you're finding the channel helpful 😁
Your tanks are fire! New sub
Thank you bro! 😁💪 Appreciate the Sub!
I just want to know, how do you clean the bottom of your tank if you have a full planted tank, with grass too etc. personally i haven't cleaned the bottom for quite a while and i used to clean it every month before.
Same here. I haven't vacuumed my substrate since I set up my 125. I have 2 wave makers on both ends hitting the back wall a lil bit downward enough where it doesn't disturbed my sand. Then I my have 2 fx 6 output in the middle blowing front to side.
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What about heavily planted tanks, detritus is nutition for them.
Super waiting for this video
For a African peacock tank 55 gal what is the best placement of the wavemaker