PYthon NO spill and FILL

so the only thing I'm curious about is how it connects to the faucet. I mena, I've looked at their website and it seems fairly obvious it will just screw on to a threaded faucet, but does anyone use it with a regular non-threaded kitchen faucet? here's the faucet I have for a point of reference (http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDU...earchResults.jsp&MID=9876&N=2984+5142&pos=n11)and I'm curious if I would need to run the thing all the way down to my basement utility sink to hook it up ;)
 
you may be able to find an adapter that allows ibb hose connection to fawcett connection..it would be male on both ends one end screws into fawcett other to python..
I got a python with a tank I just bought..I don't have a utility sink so I'll be looking for an adapter..
 
when you buy the python there are many accessories that you can order. they have a piece that are for non threaded or very old faucets. i bout my 25 foot one for like 25 bucks at petsmart. i just printed the price from online and went to the store i also bought the 20 foot extension for like 15 bucks.

the lengths are 25ft, 50 ft, 75ft, 100ft.

really good product just check out their website. www.pythonproducts.com
 
no no no no no

you don't need to buy any attachments the sink piece of the python has 4 different thread options if you read the directions and if you can't figure it out call them and they'll walk you through it

normal sink faucet?: unscrew screen, screw in male option in python
 
There are some taps that don't adapt well for using the python. My kitchen tap is one. I use the bathroom tap instead.
 
mishi8 said:
It shouldn't. Where does it leak?
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It leaks from the piece that connects to the faucet. Not the actual connection to the faucet but other places on the fixture. Every time I've got any kind of water pressure it squirts all over the place. I keep a small towel hanging over the faucet adapter piece when I use the python, otherwise I get water sprayed all over the place.

I paid $50 for my 25ft python from my LFS. :< shoulda checked online prices first. *dumb*
 
Here's my beef with the python and why I don't have one (although I would love one). When you do the sucking out of the water (highly technical here) it uses pressure from the faucet that is running and it wastes water. Some early estimates were that you put one half or up to one whole gallon down the sink for every gallon you suck out. That to me is wasteful--for three years I lived and worked in rural Mongolia and every drop of water was precious. I just can't see wasting the water, although I desperately would like to. Instead I haul 4 five gallon buckets of water outside to water my plants every saturday morning and fill up 5 fresh ones from the sink to change the water in my 55.

I am curious just how much water you find goes down the sink and if there's any way to use it (wash dishes maybe, or fill the sink and use it for plants)?

Just my thoughts,
Jackie
 
good point. no sense wasting as much water as you need to take out of your tank. I've been working on getting a rain barrel or something to dump my old tank water in to use for watering the garden so I dont' waste the tank water so it doesn't really make sense to waste fresh tap water in the process of getting the old stuff out.

I dunno though... sounds like a good tool if you don't mind wasting the water
 
the water waste bugs me too- i thought you only kept the tap on long enough to get suction going and then turned it off- that didn't create the best suction for me so i strung it down the laundry shoot and into the the laundry sink.

i set it up so its sucking lots of gravel(don't want to get any shrimp or fish while i'm racing up and down stairs) and once the flow sarts from the tank i go back upstairs to do the vacuming part

my main problem is the size of the gravel tube- it's to bit to fit in all the knooks and cranies in my planted tank with driftwood all over, etc.

but you can buy smaller one i just haven't ordered one yet.
 
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