Very nice as is, I prefer railed seats for cruisers, standard height 4-piece bars and a hinged brake lever so that got replaced. Bigger sprocket and 22mm cranks/bb during the winter.
I can’t take credit for the design and I will take credit for turbo charging it with an additional air stones and 4 air pumps.
The stones/air bubbles create suction which draws crap into the filter bag. It’s the first thing that goes in and last thing that comes out during water changes. Sometime the night before a water change I’ll stick it in and stir things up to get a head-start.
Fish can’t really get sucked in b/c the air stones block them. Just the same I check the bag before discarding the crap.
This puts the electronic versions to serious shame. The cost of this is comparably crazy cheap and I had most of it on hand already.
Yes there is a lot of sand in there and it was in overnight and hit the sand bed. Sand is easy to get out of it while keeping crap in. Typically I position it in a manner where it against a rock above the sand bed/whatever an inch or two.
I will stick this in and get down to business and let it suck up the crap I disturb, later I grab it and treat it like a siphon and spot clean.
Aquarist should be issued this when they get started.
Good for spot cleaning too where you want to remove crap but don’t have time for a water change.
Work smarter not harder ya’ll.
Supplies:
PCV tube with 2 end caps that thread into each other (main tube length depends on aquarium depth)
Filter bag
Air line
Zip ties
Air stone(s)
Air pump(s)
Misc parts depending on number of pumps
You will need a drill for the holes needed on the main tube