You do what I do:justintoxicated said:
I scream, "I'M FILLING MY TANK AND IF ANYONE FLUSHES OR TURNS ON THE WATER, I WILL PERSONALLY RIP YOUR NOSE OFF YOUR FACE AND INTRODUCE IT TO THE GARGAGE DISPOSAL. GOT THAT??"
Works great
Roan
PYthon NO spill and FILL
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I scream, "I'M FILLING MY TANK AND IF ANYONE FLUSHES OR TURNS ON THE WATER, I WILL PERSONALLY RIP YOUR NOSE OFF YOUR FACE AND INTRODUCE IT TO THE GARGAGE DISPOSAL. GOT THAT??"
Works great
Roan
Roan Art said:You do what I do:
I scream, "I'M FILLING MY TANK AND IF ANYONE FLUSHES OR TURNS ON THE WATER, I WILL PERSONALLY RIP YOUR NOSE OFF YOUR FACE AND INTRODUCE IT TO THE GARGAGE DISPOSAL. GOT THAT??"
Works great
Roan
I believe THAT!
mikesoverhere, are you sure there are no threads? Could it be a male thread threaded up into the faucet so all you see is a seam? There is an adaptor that has a piece of rubber hose on one end and clamp around it and a garden hose (male thread) on the other. Most hardware stores carry them 'roung here.
For the short time the water is a different temp compared to the volume of water, your temp shouldn't fluctuate that much. If it does, follow Roan's advice! :dance2:
Not a plumber by trade, but I have yet to see a kitchen tap that didn't have something that unscrewed, usually the aerator piece. This will expose the threads you need for the adaption of the python unit. Guess it is possible for the types that are really spray wands on a long hose to be not as user friendly.
Roan...our boys learned early about Dad and his tank water changes...only one of the three has a slight curvature to his nose... :thm:
Roan...our boys learned early about Dad and his tank water changes...only one of the three has a slight curvature to his nose... :thm:
You dont have to waste water to create a suction..Just throw the end tube down the stairs and it will create a suction when the end is a lot lower than the tank..
Heh.rbishop said:
Actually, we don't have much that problem in the house. If I'm working on a tank on the second floor and someone flushes or runs water on the second floor, it'll affect the temperature for a short period of time, but I'm usually alone when I do those tanks.
I've filled my tanks on the first floor while my husband does the laundry (hey, he LIKES doing the laundry) and haven't noticed any temperature changes. I watch my digital thermometer while I'm filling and I've only seen a .3 change if at all.
Roan
wow i did not know my excitement brought along such a big thread. i love the syphon and what i do is just suck out the water with just the cold on and when i reach the point that i need no more water out i start playing with the tap water until its the temp that i want and the just tiurn the bottom nozzle up and voila my tank is being filled.
it is great especially not haveing to replace batteries every week on the battery operated one.
it is great especially not haveing to replace batteries every week on the battery operated one.
With regards to the issue of dechlorination, I'm finally convinced that it's ok to dechlor the whole tank and then pipe in water from the tap. If discus keepers can do it, then so can I. Everything I've read suggests that dechlorinator works near-instantaneously.
Regarding the temperature difference, I just match the tap temperature as close as possible to the tank, and fill slowly. The fill rate is much slower than I could (or am willing to) replicate using buckets. I have a spraybar close to the top that makes a trickling sound when the water level is low, and when it rises high enough, the trickling stops and I know to start paying attention.
Stuff getting sucked up accidentally: put a fish net over the vac end.
The python has also enabled me to keep tanks larger than 10 gallons. After doing my first water change manually on my 37g, and not having heard of the python yet, I was regretting getting a tank that required so much work. I'm now happily maintaining a 55, and would like to upgrade to a 90.
The one thing that didn't occur to me until I got the python is that it takes just as much effort to do a 10% change as it does to do a 50%.. and the same is true for changing a 30g versus a 55 or larger. It takes longer, but I'm just sitting there doing puzzles or something.
-Raymond
Regarding the temperature difference, I just match the tap temperature as close as possible to the tank, and fill slowly. The fill rate is much slower than I could (or am willing to) replicate using buckets. I have a spraybar close to the top that makes a trickling sound when the water level is low, and when it rises high enough, the trickling stops and I know to start paying attention.
Stuff getting sucked up accidentally: put a fish net over the vac end.
The python has also enabled me to keep tanks larger than 10 gallons. After doing my first water change manually on my 37g, and not having heard of the python yet, I was regretting getting a tank that required so much work. I'm now happily maintaining a 55, and would like to upgrade to a 90.
The one thing that didn't occur to me until I got the python is that it takes just as much effort to do a 10% change as it does to do a 50%.. and the same is true for changing a 30g versus a 55 or larger. It takes longer, but I'm just sitting there doing puzzles or something.
-Raymond
