Filling my tank - Aquarium Advice

lightningryan · 07-30-2005, 11:59 PM

Hi,

I have a 10 gallon fish tank and when i want to clean it or fill it or do a weekly water change i have to use a bowl and go back in forth from the sink. is there an easier way to fill it?

greenmaji · 07-31-2005, 12:13 AM

a python , knockoff or bucket (for aquarium use only)..

lightningryan · 07-31-2005, 01:12 AM

for the gravel vac, why would you hook it to a faucet if it sucks dirt up? wouldn't dirt go in your faucet?

greenmaji · 07-31-2005, 01:15 AM

nope it is pushed though the valve and mixed with tapwater going down the sink drain.

lightningryan · 07-31-2005, 01:52 AM

but how does it suck?

greenmaji · 07-31-2005, 09:36 AM

it uses something called the venturi principle.. the valve creates a vacuum by rushing water down across the open valve causing a sucking action that pulls the air out of the hose then the water out of the tank..

**Fishyfanatic** · 07-31-2005, 01:01 PM

The python is nice but for a 10 [acronym:2a51482656="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:2a51482656] tank, it is very powerful. Mine sucks out 50% of the water before I get half of the tank vac'd. You may want to try using just a gravel vac and bucket. When you start to get larger tanks, then the python will be beneficial.

lightningryan · 07-31-2005, 01:07 PM

so a pyton is for sucking water out. but a gravel vac is for cleaning the gravel. how would i use a gravel vac and a bucket? did you mean together? explain..

Thanks

**Fishyfanatic** · 07-31-2005, 01:15 PM

A python is a long hose that connects to the faucet. On the end of the hose that you use in the tank is a gravel vac. So you can gravel vac your tank. There is another product that is a shorter hose that you put one end in a bucket and the other is the gravel vac. It has a slower suck out rate but it will allow you to vac more of the gravel. The python is just too powerful unless you turn down the pressure.

lightningryan · 07-31-2005, 01:37 PM

got it, thanks for all your help

07-30-2005, 11:59 PM	#1
lightningryan Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Duvall, Wa, USA Posts: 83	Filling my tank Hi, I have a 10 gallon fish tank and when i want to clean it or fill it or do a weekly water change i have to use a bowl and go back in forth from the sink. is there an easier way to fill it?

07-31-2005, 01:01 PM	#7
Fishyfanatic Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,303 Images: 15	The python is nice but for a 10 [acronym:2a51482656="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:2a51482656] tank, it is very powerful. Mine sucks out 50% of the water before I get half of the tank vac'd. You may want to try using just a gravel vac and bucket. When you start to get larger tanks, then the python will be beneficial. __________________ Vote for Aquarium Advice 10 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 29 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 150 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid

07-31-2005, 01:15 PM	#9
Fishyfanatic Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,303 Images: 15	A python is a long hose that connects to the faucet. On the end of the hose that you use in the tank is a gravel vac. So you can gravel vac your tank. There is another product that is a shorter hose that you put one end in a bucket and the other is the gravel vac. It has a slower suck out rate but it will allow you to vac more of the gravel. The python is just too powerful unless you turn down the pressure. __________________ Vote for Aquarium Advice 10 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 29 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 150 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid

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07-31-2005, 12:13 AM	#2
greenmaji Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 5,937	a python , knockoff or bucket (for aquarium use only)..

07-31-2005, 01:12 AM	#3
lightningryan Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Duvall, Wa, USA Posts: 83	for the gravel vac, why would you hook it to a faucet if it sucks dirt up? wouldn't dirt go in your faucet?

07-31-2005, 01:15 AM	#4
greenmaji Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 5,937	nope it is pushed though the valve and mixed with tapwater going down the sink drain.

07-31-2005, 01:52 AM	#5
lightningryan Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Duvall, Wa, USA Posts: 83	but how does it suck?

07-31-2005, 09:36 AM	#6
greenmaji Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 5,937	it uses something called the venturi principle.. the valve creates a vacuum by rushing water down across the open valve causing a sucking action that pulls the air out of the hose then the water out of the tank..

07-31-2005, 01:07 PM	#8
lightningryan Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Duvall, Wa, USA Posts: 83	so a pyton is for sucking water out. but a gravel vac is for cleaning the gravel. how would i use a gravel vac and a bucket? did you mean together? explain.. Thanks

07-31-2005, 01:37 PM	#10
lightningryan Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Duvall, Wa, USA Posts: 83	got it, thanks for all your help