What vacuum did u use?

FishY_FishY · 04-01-2006, 01:03 AM

Python or gravel washer???

rbishop1 · 04-01-2006, 05:38 AM

Python, with the gravel tube that came with mine. I do not use the sink attachment on the drain/cleaning, I just let it run outside to the flower beds so I do not waste water. But I do hook up to the sink for the refill.

MaryPa · 04-01-2006, 05:44 AM

I use the pytrhon on my 125 and the gravel vac on the others since they have so many plants.

Georgia Peach · 04-01-2006, 05:52 AM

gravel vac - I had a python and someone stole it

MonknSharona · 04-01-2006, 06:28 AM

I use my python, with an adjustment. I hook it up to the bathroom sink (it won't fit on the kitchen faucet). Since the bathroom sink is so small, it will flood. So, we made a little flexi tube to run the tank water through the python and over to the bathtub. No flooding.

And, I can plug it and use save some water for my plants.

wildtiger · 04-01-2006, 07:11 AM

I use a python for the tanks it will reach and a regular syphon for the rest of them.

FishY_FishY · 04-01-2006, 08:54 AM

Is python the kind you have to keep moving in the water until the water flow through the tube?

Is there a type that you don't need to keep moving in the water or attach to the faucet?

Sprite42 · 04-01-2006, 09:10 AM

I think other than the python, you have to get a suction going which is where the moving up and down in the water comes in. But, you can use a turkey baster for this. I use a regular gravel vac. Since all my tanks are in carpeted rooms, I definitely don't want it splashing. LOL

THere are other methods to getting the suction going, I have just found that a simple turkey baster causes less stress on me and the fish.

04-01-2006, 01:03 AM	#1
FishY_FishY Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 30	What vacuum did u use? Python or gravel washer??? Last edited by FishY_FishY; 04-01-2006 at 01:08 AM.

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rbishop1 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West End, NC Age: 55 Posts: 34	Python, with the gravel tube that came with mine. I do not use the sink attachment on the drain/cleaning, I just let it run outside to the flower beds so I do not waste water. But I do hook up to the sink for the refill. __________________ Bob Bishop West End, NC

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MaryPa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenville,Pa. Age: 58 Posts: 270	I use the pytrhon on my 125 and the gravel vac on the others since they have so many plants. __________________ 125 gal. 5 Clown Loaches 4 Phantom Tetras 8 Hyphessobrycon vilmae tetras 1 SAE 1 ABN Pleco 5 Bronze Cory 9 Gold barbs 55gal 1 Angelicus 1 Clown Pleco 1 ABN Pleco 12 cories 2 Discus 55 gal Severum, Blood Parrot 55 1 Threadfin Rainbow 4 cherry Barbs CT Betta 2 Bumble Bee Catfish1 Swordtail Guppy Male 29 gal Platies 29gal Cories 29gal Endlers and RCS 10 Swordtail guppy females and fry

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Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	gravel vac - I had a python and someone stole it __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

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MonknSharona O is for Oranda Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 29	I use my python, with an adjustment. I hook it up to the bathroom sink (it won't fit on the kitchen faucet). Since the bathroom sink is so small, it will flood. So, we made a little flexi tube to run the tank water through the python and over to the bathtub. No flooding. And, I can plug it and use save some water for my plants. __________________

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wildtiger "Salmon Free!" Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 362	I use a python for the tanks it will reach and a regular syphon for the rest of them. __________________

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FishY_FishY Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 30	Is python the kind you have to keep moving in the water until the water flow through the tube? Is there a type that you don't need to keep moving in the water or attach to the faucet?

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Sprite42 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arkansas Age: 46 Posts: 315	I think other than the python, you have to get a suction going which is where the moving up and down in the water comes in. But, you can use a turkey baster for this. I use a regular gravel vac. Since all my tanks are in carpeted rooms, I definitely don't want it splashing. LOL THere are other methods to getting the suction going, I have just found that a simple turkey baster causes less stress on me and the fish.

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