Extra Equipment needed for Python?

[longhorn]

However, I have noticed that the sucking power of the Python is not as strong a you would like them to be.

 

[JSchmidt]

Originally posted by longhorn
However, I have noticed that the sucking power of the Python is not as strong a you would like them to be.

The vacuuming strength of the Python is dependent on the water pressure coming out of the faucet, as well as on any height differential between the tank and the faucet.

Even on tanks that sit at floor level (and hooked up to a faucet at standard height on the same level of my house), I have plenty of suction to vacuum gravel.

Jim

 

[125gJoe]

I've found the strongest pressure is when you hook it up to the garden hose rather than the kitchen sink.

 

[Skittyfish]

I turn off my faucet and just let the siphon pressure do the work, it's strong enough to pick up some of the gravel and get it to the top of the tube before I can shake it back down.

 

[delmore]

Originally posted by Skittyfish
I turn off my faucet and just let the siphon pressure do the work...

I never used it to get water out of the tank, cause I hate to waste the H2O. I'll try shutting the water off once the siphon starts.