anybody else ever have problems using the python no spill? i tried using one for the first time and it hardly got any suction. i checked and made sure all the connections were air tight. could it be that the water pressure of my bathroom sink is way too low? it sucked some water through the tube but the water couldn't even make it uphill through the tube into the sink. am i doing something wrong or is my faucet just not good enough to use the python correctly. i thought about getting more hosing for it to connect to where the garden hose is but thats crazy far because my room with the tank is upstairs.
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Every once in a while my python loses suction. I completely unscrew and reattach ALL the connections. The one trick, the green spout that attaches to the sink is also threaded. After some uses (or during shipping) it can loosen to the point that it doesn't make good suction. If all that fails, try another faucet.
Is it brand new? If used or you sucked up a snail shell or plant leaves, the venturi hole in the piece by the faucet is small and will plug up.
Either there is not enough suction, of the faucet itself is too high. The python uses gravity as well as your running water. The running water can't do it alone. Do you notice that the lower the water in your tank, the less suction there is?
To save water and gain suction---i simply use the hose and the vacuum. Run the hose out the window or door and make sure the end of it is lower than the tank's bottom. When You're done cleaning--run all the dirty water out of the hose, then re-attach the filler pieces to the hose , attach to the sink and fill.
Make sure that both the hot and cold tap water are turned on fully, and that they house is perfectly straight.
It can be very tricky learining how to use your python for the first ti8me. It took me a few water changes to learn how to get all the air out of the line so that I could maintain a constant water flow. Here is what was suggested to my and it worked. Instead of puttin the vaccume part straight down in the water, turn it so the open part is angled upwards so as the water from the tank will displace the air inside the tube. Get everything set up, water turned on, etc before trying to do this. I have also found that if you put the hose in the tank, then turn your water on like you are going to fill your tank, wait til the water completely fills the hose and starts to flow into your tank, then open the drain valve with your water still turned on. I only leave the water turned on long enough to get the flow started, then i turn it off, don't see no need in wasting all that water. Any tiny air pocket left in the hose will prevent you from getting a proper suction.