Listen, I know this is a stupid question.
Will someone please tell me how to start a siphon? I am having a very hard time vacuuming my gravel. I am trying to submerge the entire siphon and squeeze out the air bubbles to get it to start. Sometimes this takes multiple tries, I'm standing there for twenty minutes or more, I get water everywhere, and with my smaller tanks I usually just give up. I don't have a python- its just a regular siphon.
There has to be an easier way- but I'm sure not sucking on that thing with my mouth and I can't figure out what else to do. Will someone please help?
Will someone please tell me how to start a siphon? I am having a very hard time vacuuming my gravel. I am trying to submerge the entire siphon and squeeze out the air bubbles to get it to start. Sometimes this takes multiple tries, I'm standing there for twenty minutes or more, I get water everywhere, and with my smaller tanks I usually just give up. I don't have a python- its just a regular siphon.
There has to be an easier way- but I'm sure not sucking on that thing with my mouth and I can't figure out what else to do. Will someone please help?