I don't think a Python would be good for me... cause my sink tap isn't great.. .so I'd have to hook it up to the bath tub... and I can't see it working because the fish tank is high... and I'm not sure how much pressure comes out...
I don't think a Python would be good for me... cause my sink tap isn't great.. .so I'd have to hook it up to the bath tub... and I can't see it working because the fish tank is high... and I'm not sure how much pressure comes out...
Yea, buy the python from someplace that you know will take it back if it doesn't work out and then take the thing home and try it before you decide it won't work for you.
I would give the python a shot, but buy it from somewhere that you can return it just in case. For a variety of reasons, it didn't work out that well for me. I have a 180g and use a regular gravel vac. to empty the water into a large garbage can, then I have a 5g bucket to refill. It only takes me about an hour or so that way.
Once you make it through this cycling mess you'll love the tank and everything will be so much easier! Hang in there
A python is an ... automatic siphon. I guess that's the best way to explain it. It uses pressure created by running water to create suction. What she's concerned about is that there won't be enough water pressure to get the python to create enough suction to siphon her tank.
What I've found is that the python is still quite effective even if I don't turn the water on really high.
The tap water running down a hose creates a vacuum on a hole cut in the tube with the water running down it. The vacuum sucks on the tube, and sucks the water into the sink.
Bob: the Python system is based on the venturi effect. The only objection I have to it is that it uses 7 gallons of water to draw 1 gallon out of the tank. I use that to start the suction, and then just let gravity do the rest.
Bob: the Python system is based on the venturi effect. The only objection I have to it is that it uses 7 gallons of water to draw 1 gallon out of the tank. I use that to start the suction, and then just let gravity do the rest.
I agree Harry, my syphon vac can pick up large bank run gravel via syphon. You do not even have to run water to start it, just plunge the vac up and down a few times and the syphon will begin, works sort of like hydraulics.
Well.. I live in the middle of no where... so, I'd pretty much have to order it on-line... and I don't want to risk wasting that much money.... any other ideas on what I could do?
OH YEAH... also, I'm not sure if it was like that before and I'm just noticing it now... or if it just has started... but, at the top of my tank... the top of the water there is like... foamy bubbles or whatever.... what might this be?... could it be due to the tank being totally out of wack.. or just bubbles from the water being cycled into the tank... I have an aquaclear
Alright... did a 60% water change this morning... and there seems to be less bubbles at the top of the water floating around...
Results:
Ammonia- 0
Nitrate- 10
Nitrite- 0.8
Should I continue to do another 60% water change tomorrow morning?... and the rest of the week just do daily 20% water changes? I work, so don't have as much time during the week to do huge water changes...
Do another change right now. Your nitrites are still to high. Just keep testing for the next week. Make sure the ammonia and nitrites don't go above 0.5ppm. If them do, do a water change. If everything stays stable its safe to say your cycled.
