Re: Q: Anyone use python water changer for killie-tanks ?

[Kean Huat Yeap <keanhuat at yahoo_com>]

>Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 16:20:53 -0500
>From: "Doug Dame" <dameda at shands_ufl.edu>
>Subject: Q: Anyone use python water changer for
>killie-tanks ?

>I''ve always kinda assumed the "slurp factor" was
>too powerful for the small tanks/small fish setups
>common to killies .... but last night, 
>after I spent three hours in the fish room dealing
>with new fish, and never got around to doing any of
>the routine water changes on the other 
>tanks that I'd been planning on doing .. I thought
>gee, maybe the old bucket & siphon ought to be
>retired. 

>Anybody have experiences with the python to share ? 
>Can you control the velocity ? When you move one of
>these things from tank to tank, do you get a bit of
>a "back-flush" effect that primes the siphon on tank
>2 by pumping in some of the waste water (still in
>the hose) from tank 1 ? 

Yes, I've been using it for more than 2 yrs. With it,
water changing still takes me about 2-3 hrs on Fri
nite. Without it, I can imagine it will take me at
least 4-5 hrs. I use it for big and small tanks like
the critter keepers. I have to say that it's pretty
powerful, I've sucked out some killies when I didn't
pay attention. If you pay attention, it works just
fine with smaller tanks. You can prevent the waste
water from tank 1 to go into tank 2 if you flush/drain
out all the waste water from tank 1 before you start
siphoning tank 2. 

I really like Phyton but as Lee pointed out it does
waste lots of water.

Kean Huat
DeKalb, IL 

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