i use a python. the first couple times when i didnt have it i just used a hose. i wouldnt put my mouth on it. i would just put my hand around it so i wouldnt have to suck on it.
How do you start your siphon?
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johnlarson66
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I don't use a siphon bulb to start my Python. What I do is make sure the outlet is lower than the inlet. I usually have the outlet laid out on the lawn or let it drain out in the shower. I then put the gravel vac end in the tank, filling it up with water, then scoop the water up so that it stays in the gravel vac. This then let's the water run down the hose and I then put back the gravel vac back in the tank before water runs out and I lose the siphon.
This is how I do mine. http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96632&page=3 Quick and simple and I don't have to splash water around like some of the other methods.
When I got my gravel vacuum, I did what sammie7 has posted in the link posted above. I've been doing that ever since. 
Yeah. I have a siphon meant for gravel vac (wait... all siphons are like that, right?) and it doesn't happen that often, but i do suck a bit of water into my mouth. Quick rush to the bathroom, 30secs of Listerine and I'm back in business 
Before my python, it was a case of kiss the tube and a quick slurp of whisky
In hindsight, listerine would be more sensible, as I always ended up drinking the whisky as well (with the logic alcohol killing the bacteria and wotnot)!
In hindsight, listerine would be more sensible, as I always ended up drinking the whisky as well (with the logic alcohol killing the bacteria and wotnot)!
i stick the tube on my internal filter for my main water changes but just syphoning out small amounts i either use my mouth or fully submerge.
it depends how i feel as i am not bother either way.
it depends how i feel as i am not bother either way.
