Who uses a Wet/Dry Shop Vac on their Reef?

[cale262]

I have been for a while now, first I remove as much water as possible via other means, then out comes the vac and crevice tool. My vac has a big float/ball valve that closes when it gets full (shopvac brand)...very effective and easy to do during a WC, IMHO

[Coralgurl]

following along...

[sphelps]

I'll probably use my shop vac for tank stuff when I finish using it for all the construction (kind of a pain to switch between wet and drywall bags). Mine has a hose attachment so you can actually pump the water directly to a drain as appose to just filling it up.

All shop vacs should have a shut off, they won't typically turn off but when full a float of some sort will cut off the suction.

[The Grizz]

I do, mine has a ball that when its full it shuts off the suction.

[reefme]

I do oone time when my floor got flooded. Hehehe

[TimT]

The thought makes me nervous as salt water is very conductive, little bit of mist in the vac and whammo you have an afro. Freshwater is not very conductive so I would do it then. I would first make an extension cord with a GFCI and plug the vac into it.

[Cal_stir]

I use an old salt bucket, I cut 3 holes in the lid, 1 for the shop vac hose, 1 for a 3/4" hose I use for vacuuming and a 1" hole to let some air in so the bucket doesn't collapse and it slows down the suction so I don't suck the water out too quickly which gives me more time to get the gunk. Saves getting the smelly gunk into the shop vac.