The only thing I use is the cheapest gravel vacuum I could find at the local pets store. $5.00. If you are wiling to spend a little more I would get the largest one you can find. my little one takes a while to drain and the suction is less than desirable.
As always, spelling errors are complimentary.
Taylor Family Zoo:
2 Red Ear Sliders
2 Fire Bellied Toads
1 Bearded Dragon
1 Short hair Kitten
1 Long hair Kitten
1 Siamese Manx mix (stumpy tail)
I have a battery operated one.. it works good.. just that my thumb/finger gets tired of holding down the darn button.. too bad they don't have one that just has a switch. Its good for in between major cleanings but that's about it. Just the daily mess stuff.
It does an ok job.. like I said, I use it for getting crude off the bottom between cleanings. the biggest problem is having it at the right water depth. You can't go above a certain point .. so sometimes its a pain
I had to test my turtle with rocks. I started with fish gravel and I read about a lot of turtles eating them so I took them out. I then had nothing, but he didn't seem to like it. So I tried river rocks and he hated that more, so I went and bought medium sized fish gravel and he likes that the best. Each turtle is different, I realized that over the last few days. But I knew my turtle was different when I bought him, because he tried to talk.
I have a Super Battery Vac. It does a slow job of cleaning and doesn't do well with soft matter (like poop). I rarely use it and when I do it's more for the enjoyment of my RES (he likes to chase it around and flutter at the red ring on the extension tube).
"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." -Antoine de Saint Exupery-
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:33 pm 
