Fishies-for-me

Has any one else broken their python by tightening the hose onto the pump part?? There is a little part that screw on the inside that looks like a funnel. I always tighten the hose onto the pump part and I ended up breaking off that little piece. To get that one little piece you have to buy the whole pump at 7-8$ each..I wanted to make sure that I wasnt going to break it off again so I bought a quick connecter for a hose and atached that onto the hose and the pump...snap on snap off...easy peasy...lol.

lew2000

Actually you can go to almost any hardware store and go the garden/pond area or even the water sprinklr fittings area and get these parts very cheap (and the PVC tubing) and you can actually make your own which is what i did - this way you can get the size(s) you want and even make your own crevice tools and other wands that are easier to manage in my opinion.

Fishies-for-me

Where would you get the pump part?? I looked all over at hardware stores and couldn't find anything.

lew2000

The funnel piece is part of the compression fitting for the hose - as far as the pump i am assuming you are refering to the adapter that goes onto the fitting on your sink faucet?
Sorry for my confusion - since when i used this (i used an adapetr that was for a waterbed - same device) i always left my hose connected to the adapter - the connector to the faucet should spin on independent of the adapter? Frankly imo these devices to clean are messy to use, and to maintain suction on the tank - since most tanks may not be much higher than the faucet - require the water left on to maintain suction and drain water from the tank since they work on gravity.