Vacuum filtration means and apparatus for aquarium gravel cleaning

An aquarium gravel cleaning device comprised of a pump, said pump having an inlet end and an outlet end, said inlet end is covered by a strainer, said outlet end is designed for threadable communication with a female coupling of a conventional garden hose, said pump having means for vacuuming aquarium gravel, means for recycling aquarium water, means for draining the aquarium, means for promoting distinct patterns of gravel and water rotational motion, means for activation through communication with a power generating means;

• a gravel casing, said gravel casing having opposite ends, one end having apertures formed in and around said end, the other end having means for communicating with the pump's inlet end so as to form one complete monolithic unit, said means for communicating with the pump's inlet end so as to form one complete monolithic unit comprises a watertight connection between the gravel casing and the pump, said gravel casing further having means for encircling an area of aquarium gravel covering the floor of the aquarium, means for communicating aquarium water located outside of the gravel casing with aquarium water located inside the gravel casing, and means for housing filtering material,
• whereby, one structure is formed in an orientation in which the pump is the top of the aquarium gravel cleaning device, while the gravel casing is the portion of the device directly below the pump while the pump's inlet end is the portion the pump extending into the gravel casing and covered by the strainer, the filtering matter is contained in the gravel casing below the pump's inlet end, while the pump's outlet end is the portion of the pump which extends into the aquarium water located outside the gravel casing.