WHAT I USE FOR WATER CHANGES NO MORE BUCKETS (UNPACKING THE PYTHON NO SPILL)
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- This what I have used for years to do my water changes on all my tanks.
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IMPORTANT: The hose is tangle free, the valve part is a Venturi system and it normally comes with plastic connections to either clamp to a small tap or a white plastic threaded connector that screws into the aerator section of your mixer tap. We are not all like Mick and get away with filling your tank back up after a water change using just the cold tap, I empty my tank using a Python just like Mick but filling the tank back up I use the mixer tap to get the temperature nearly spot on as my fish are not tolerable of huge temperature swings. Micks Python has come with a brass tap connector and normally if you purchase a Python from Amazon the brass part is an option spare part that is around £10:00, Python comes in various sizes and separate extensions for longer hoses can also be purchased. Another reason why Python is successful is all parts can be purchased separately if you damage or break any parts from extended use as Mick says they last a long time.. I hope this information helps anyone who has questions that where not covered in this video. Take care all...
For me it’s a flood pump hose (B&Q or loads of places) to drain, hose pipe on a shower or mixer tap to fill back up. Doddle, cheap and will do me about 900L across three tanks in a couple of hours. The 25mm diameter of the pump hose means it drains way faster than a regular hose pipe or a python, plus they have a detachable strainer should you need it for smaller fish and I find it curls up to store a lot better than koi pond hose sold by the meter.
I wish I had one myself to buy one but I just shove a hose in and Chuck it outside whilst playing the ps5 till It’s drained enough and then I use the hozelock mixer tap connector and temp match the water. Then relax till it’s filled again.
Been using a python system for an age now,far far better than the old days.
I couldn’t be without my Python! Priceless compared to how easy they make water changes. I want to add a pump to it now just to aid with saving water ….
Whats up Mick. Keep going bro. Nice work!
Hey mate appreciate it bro. You too 👊👊
I use this system but I connect an Oase Dechlorinator tube, the type they use for ponds, when refilling the tank. Then add Prime as it’s filling.
Loving the new intro, very catchy.
too funny, we have the exact same fish! barbs, rainbows, electric blue acaras, and busy nose in same tank!!
Mate can’t live without it 👍🏼 great videos bro keep up the good content 🔥 I need to go wharf aquatics after your vid 😉
I ordered the python finally and now that I have two ND Aquatic tanks to clean, i thought this would be better than my old method. I also bought the 24" gravel vac as that's the height of both my tanks.
Used it for the first time today, and OMG, I wish I'd heard/bought one of these years ago! It was SO easy to clean the tank, and was was actually enjoyable to do the water changes (Never thought I would say that! 😁)
I hooked it up to my bathroom tap and away I went. It cost me just over £100 on Amazon for the 15ft, so it wasn't cheap, but I see it as a long term investment.
You need to get a Simple RO system in under your sink. Put in overflows and pipe straight out of your wall into the drain. Complete game changer. No water changes anymore. Drip system. Even if you can't leave them permanent on your tank you can hook them up overnight to different one's.
I use 30 mm hose with end of old gravel vac does the same thing much cheaper
This is really helpful as I’m about to upgrade to a 6 x 2 x 2 & I’m going to have to give up buckets!
Could I ask a few questions Mick - because Python’s are American products I’m not sure if they’d fit our taps in Australia? From what I can see online standard laundry screw taps here are 35mm. The fact you’re in the UK (and we probably have similar metric standards) make me hopeful they’d work here?
And when the python is attached to your tap and draining the aquarium - are you wasting a lot of tap water in the process or am I misunderstanding how it works?
Cheers and thanks a million & keep the videos coming!
You can buy that Bell valve at almost any hardware store and mine works absolutely beautiful
Hose and buckets work for me. I live in a maisonette so my kitchen and bathroom is on the next floor up.
I suppose if you had some small fish you could just put some mesh on the end to stop them being sucked out lol
May seem like a stupid question, but how do you equalise water temp when refilling tank?
or when do you de chrolinate?
I get 1 of those sponge
Filters that has one hole in it... I put it on the end of a garden hose job done...
£90 absolute rip-off... you can buy all those parts from B&Q for about 30 quid... sorry to say but buying two of those for
Nearly 200 quid you've been mugged off..
I'm surprised your using the python Mick it's only 1" pipe it must take forever. I got a 2" pond hose and connected it to a 12000 l/h pond pump whoooosh! Nae messing about. Btw what are you using for heating? I'm looking at 1200w ceramic heaters have you tried them?
Hey mate it’s the way I have always done it. I use fluval e300s mate. 👊
Video should’ve been titled releasing the python 😂😂
I have been thinking about buying one of these for my two tanks, but I'm just wondering if the hose pipe kinks if I roll it up and store it away?
I currently use a combo of things to clean/fill my tank, a pond pump attached to a corrugated hose that runs to my toilet and that drains very quickly. then my 2ft long Fluval gravel vac and a trash can to get rid of the debris, and to fill my tank I connect my garden flexi hose to the kitchen tap.
Nice aquarium :) like
I made my own for the fraction of the price
Am I right in thinking this does nothing different to me syphining out via hose then filling back up via hose?
If so why’s it a great bit of kit if pricey?
The only thing i found is i can't get the suction strength strong enough ....not sure what i am doing wrong---??
You just pump water back into the tank without conditioning it at all? What are the water conditions like in the UK?
Yer cold straight back in. I use a water conditioner to 👍🏻
Just curious bud. Did you say you just run it from your outside tap ? I'm guessing with the size of the tank the temperature dosent drop much?
Yes mate cold water straight in 👍🏻
Aye fair play lad. I just run it directly from the house taps so I can adjust the water temperature as needed. Got a huge black ghost in my tank with an rtg. Live the aro tank keeps the vids coming
The one thing i dont like is the water having to be running from the tap constantly. Unless iv been misinformed
Jake this is why it’s easier to connect to the tap but once the hose is full shut off the tap then shut the valve near the tank, now unscrew the hose from the Venturi and place out the front door or convenient window, then open the valve near the tank and let gravity do the rest by emptying the tank, then reconnect the hose when ready to fill up again. This is how I do it, otherwise my water bill would be large..
Get a submersible water pump, it’s way easier than a python. Thank me later
@@lboogie738aquatics people use a python to fill a tank not just empty one.. you can't fill a tank with a submersible pump from a sink... so explain how someone should thank you later...🤣🤣
@@mattphillips6714 you can also use a submersible pump to fill the tank. Thank me later
@@lboogie738aquatics I see you understand sarcasm as well as reading... my statement was rhetorical, anyone reading this conversation has fully understood that you're a troll and the only person to thank is yourself 👏👏👏👍
I bought this 2 months ago and it doesn't fit any of my taps! I don't even know what connector I need
It should fit on the end of the hose that attaches to your shower head bud