Butterfly
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I like to run my fish water out side for the gardens and gras so heres what hubby fixed up for me.
1) buy a hose that will reach to all your tanks and still reach outside.
2) put a faucet adaptor on one end
3) cut the opposite end off and put a plastic connector like you would use to connect two pieces of water hose(1). This is where you connect the siphon (2)
4) start the water flow by dipping the siphon end in water and letting it run down half way and put the siphon back in the water it will now drain your tank to where you want it. You can put a manual cut off on so you can turn off water flow when you want to and move on to the next tank.
When your done siphoning, take the siphon end off and reel the hose in. attach the faucet adaptor to the kitchen sink, turn the water on and adjust the temperature of the water(I put this end in the bath tub). Use the manual turn off to take this end to a tank to re-fill. Remember to add sufficient dechlor as water is running into the tank. I have never had any problem with my fish doing water changes this way. It's similar to the python except the fishie water doesn't run into my sink(I like recycling it) and the python requires constantly running water for siphoning.
Carol
1) buy a hose that will reach to all your tanks and still reach outside.
2) put a faucet adaptor on one end
3) cut the opposite end off and put a plastic connector like you would use to connect two pieces of water hose(1). This is where you connect the siphon (2)
4) start the water flow by dipping the siphon end in water and letting it run down half way and put the siphon back in the water it will now drain your tank to where you want it. You can put a manual cut off on so you can turn off water flow when you want to and move on to the next tank.
When your done siphoning, take the siphon end off and reel the hose in. attach the faucet adaptor to the kitchen sink, turn the water on and adjust the temperature of the water(I put this end in the bath tub). Use the manual turn off to take this end to a tank to re-fill. Remember to add sufficient dechlor as water is running into the tank. I have never had any problem with my fish doing water changes this way. It's similar to the python except the fishie water doesn't run into my sink(I like recycling it) and the python requires constantly running water for siphoning.
Carol