how to clean fish tank gravel without removing water?

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I have been using a normal pump to clean the gravel in my tank but since the tank is fairly large every time i do this i end up sucking out more water than i want to remove. Ive seen someone use a vacuum that cleans the gravel but it keeps the water in the tank. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what that'scalled so i could purchase one. I know that i should replace about 25% of the water once a week or so but when i do the cleaning it removes about 50% and its a real hassle to rrefill the tank.

any help is appreciated :)
 
Just use a siphon hose pump from the pet store. When you get to about 1/4 of the water down you just pull it out.
 
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