Easy Python Question...

[CAPSLOCK]

Anyone know if a python will work up/down stairs? Only sink with the correct type of faucet in my house is upstairs, my big tanks are downstairs... don't really want to get one to find that it doesn't create enough pressure for all the tanks.

 

[GIS Guy]

I'd suggest trying it out with a 5g bucket.

 

[Fuzz16]

i dont know if the pressure would be enough, but i go about 30ft with mine to my tank...and i have used the hose once which is outside. it was kinda slow though

 

[Mahamotorworks]

It will work while filling the tanks no problem. It will NOT work with Draining the tanks. THe reason you attach the python to a faucet is to get the siphon going. You will have to use a lot of water to beat gravity in moving water up hill. When I drain my 75G tank I use the python the same way you would use a standard gravel vac. I dont hook it up to the faucet I just throw one end in the tub and the other in the tank. I start it by filling the vac with water and lifting it up. Once the water starts going over the edge of the tank gravity dose the rest. To fill I attach it to the faucet and let it fill. If posible you can drain the tank to a close my sink using the method that I use then fill it by attaching the python to the sink upstairs. Just remember to shut the water off a little early you still have to get all the water from the python in the tank and not on the floor.


MAHA

 

[Going for broke]

Yea I agree with above.. Basically the sink has to be lower then the bottom level of the tank if your vacuuming. the tub drain method is what I use because the lower the drain point is the faster it will flow. I just take a pull on the hose (with my mouth and no you don't suck water lol) to get the siphon started and throw it in the tub. You can throw it out the window just the same. for filling I would recommend you either hook it up to the faucet you use or just use a bucket..

 

[Going for broke]

after looking at your tank I would just use a bucket. a good water change will only be a couple of five gallon buckets and ime thats just as easy..

 

[Mahamotorworks]

The one thing to remember about a 5 gal bucket is when doing a water change you really only get about 3 gals of water in the bucket. With a 75G tank where 30 gals is less then half you are talking about 10 trips to empty and 10 trips to fill. I have a 75G tank and I am glad that I got a python. It take a little over an hour to do a 75% water change. I would go more but my Angel fish already lean a little with 75%.

MAHA

 

[Going for broke]

The one thing to remember about a 5 gal bucket is when doing a water change you really only get about 3 gals of water in the bucket. With a 75G tank where 30 gals is less then half you are talking about 10 trips to empty and 10 trips to fill. I have a 75G tank and I am glad that I got a python. It take a little over an hour to do a 75% water change. I would go more but my Angel fish already lean a little with 75%.

MAHA

thats a much larger then normal water change. I change 20-25% weekly out of a 125 and it amounts to 6-7 five gallon buckets.. takes 20 minutes to drain with python and fill with buckets.. I get about 4.5 gallons of water in the five gallon bucket. I do my daughters tank the same way except with a 3.5 gallon pail and it's a 30. it takes three or four buckets to fill hers..
The python is nice don't get me wrong but if you have to treat water and your not doing 75% water changes the buckets are quicker IME I like to trreat the water before I enter it into the tank as opposed to the same time.
Just all a matter of opinion I guess. *PEACE!*

 

[Big Vine]

For what it's worth...
I've got two 13-gallon plastic trash bins for water-changing purposes.
One I use for new water (via a 5 ft. hose attached to kitchen sink), the other for old/dirty tankwater. Gives me at minimum 10 gal. per water-change, which equates to roughly 20% on my 55 gal. tank. Takes me about 10 minutes.

I do this once a week. Once my fish are bigger, I can easily bump this up to twice a week. For that matter, I can easily step it up to a 40% water-change by simply filling both trash bins to begin with, and then draining old/dirty tankwater into my two 5-gallon buckets (several trips to dump out the 5 gal. buckets in the toilet = no big deal).

BV

 

[CAPSLOCK]

So basically it's not going to work both ways and thus isn't really worth it...

Thanks. Guess I'll stick with the gravel vac and buckets.

 

[Lotus]

If you're looking for an easy way to drain the tank, get a water pump and some tubing long enough to reach the sink (or outside/lawn). Then, put the end of the tube where you're draining, and plug in the pump.

Another way to do it is to drain out a window, using a hose/gravel vac.

Or... you could always change one of the faucets on your downstairs sinks.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

The only downstairs sink is a bathroom sink, so it wouldn't really work unfortunately. I guess the lazy way is not destined to be mine.

I do drain out a window when upstairs, works much better than filling buckets and dragging them out to dump them anyways.

 

[Praetorian27]

For what it is worth...mine wouldn't work with an upstairs sink and a downstairs tank. I had to use an outside faucet on the same level to drain, and then pull it inside to get the warm water back into the tank.

 

[missdixie256]

I use my python with a bathroom sink. I just replaced the strainer part oft he faucet with the Python adapter and Volia! It works I just leave the adapter in place and attach the Python whenever I get ready to do water changes.

 

[Going for broke]

I use my python with a bathroom sink. I just replaced the strainer part oft he faucet with the Python adapter and Volia! It works I just leave the adapter in place and attach the Python whenever I get ready to do water changes.

Not all faucets are created equal...lol. I even have a new home and the adaptors that come with the python don't match up to anything in my home that I have. In my last house that worked for me but not anymore.