python???

On most of my tanks, I've calculated (using inside tank dimensions) the volume removed at various levels from the top. I've made marks on the side of the tank that show when 10, 20, 25 gallons, etc., have been removed. Makes it pretty easy...

Adding water directly to the tanks is no problem. Some people add their dechlorinator as the water is added, some put the dechlor in first. It doesn't seem to make a whole lot of difference.

Given how much easier water changes are, and how much more I'm likely to do them with a Python, it's nothing but a benefit to my fish to own one.

Jim
 
hey there gulp

thanks for taking the time to post those pics that was really nice of you to do for someone you dont even know!!! you've got me sold on the python it looks so easy! I found a python at petco today about 25 bucks - it doesn't look like much like you said -my only other question is - when i but the python package everything i will need will be in the bag right because it will be brand new - well anyhow i'm excited to pick this thing up thanks for everyones help!:D
 
ok i got some new pics

think they came out a lot better than my last attempt - hopefully they will look ok - i can't control the size of the pics but here goes nothing -

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I had a Python at one time, but either I wasn't using it right... or it really wastes a ton of water. So, I worked out my own (similar) method.

To drain -
I have a long garden hose that I bought new and use only for this purpose. In one end I have stuffed the tube from the gravel vacuum far enough so that it does not leak. I run the other end of the hose to a drain (you can also go out a window, to a sink, etc.) and start the syphon. I vacuum the tank until 25% of the water is gone. I then pinch the gravel vacuum tube (to keep the syphon) and move to the next tank, until all tanks are down 25%.

To fill -
I attach the same hose to the faucet and leave the gravel vacuum hose attached at the aquarium end. And then fill as you would with the Python. Adaptors are readily at the hardware store that allow you to connect a garden hose to a faucet.

The one useful thing about the Python is that it seems to allow you to pump water out of a tank to point that is higher than the tanks water level, which you could never do by syphoning. Of course you could always syphone to a bucket that has a powerhead atached to a hose to do the same thing.
 
If you don't hook up your python to the sink and just lay it outside, is that enough vacuum to pull the dirt out of the gravel?

Tank is in the basement, and I don't think I have enough water pressure to pull it UP stairs into the bathroom sink?

Thanks
 
Originally posted by WarriorZ
If you don't hook up your python to the sink and just lay it outside, is that enough vacuum to pull the dirt out of the gravel?

Tank is in the basement, and I don't think I have enough water pressure to pull it UP stairs into the bathroom sink?

Thanks
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Yes. It's a 1" diameter tube if I remeber correctly (correct me if I am wrong), and water flows pretty quickly through it. Once you get the syphon action going, you will have no problems if you keep the exit lower than the aquarium.
 
one more Q

i'm gonna get one of these but when i hook this thing up i dont think i want the dirty water going down my sink - once the siphoning begins can i disconnect the hose and squirt in into the toilet ?
from my understanding of how this thing works is that when siphoning the water it comes back into the tube and goes into that green thingie which then disperses the water down the sink - so the dirty water never touches your faucet or anything right?
i'm just wondering if it will work if i unplug the hose in mid siphon n drop into the toilet i dont want to get anything caught going down the sink drain plus i just dont want the fish water in my sink ;) thanks guys
 
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