Fish room faucet

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CarpCharacin

CarpCharacin

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I've been looking for a faucet because I'm going to be building a new fish room soon, and I'd like to get a commercial grade one that I can hook my python water changer up to without needing an adapter. A lot of the ones I looked at weren't safe for potable water, so I know that means it probably isn't fish safe. I found one that says it's low lead compliant, is it fish safe? https://www.faucetdirect.com/t-and-...enters-vacuum-breaker-built-in-stops/p3181299
 
TwoHedWlf said:
Any meant for use in a home that has the connections you want will be fine.
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I don't want a home faucet, they aren't durable enough, I want a commercial grade faucet that has a garden hose connector, so I can hook up my python water changer without an adapter. I plan to use it with a commercial grade stainless steel sink. I also want one with a vacuum breaker, so fish water doesn't get sucked into the plumbing if the water pressure drops. Is the one that I linked fish safe?
 
You're really overthinking this. You'd have a hard time finding something that is NOT fish safe. If your main requirement is being able to connect a garden hose adapter to it, then there are thousands of options for outside taps or laundry room taps that have the threads already built in.
 
TwoHedWlf said:
You're really overthinking this. You'd have a hard time finding something that is NOT fish safe. If your main requirement is being able to connect a garden hose adapter to it, then there are thousands of options for outside taps or laundry room taps that have the threads already built in.
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I know, but a lot of them aren't low lead compliant or safe for drinking. I could link quite a few that I looked at that definitely aren't fish safe. I finally found one that was low lead compliant, but I wanted to make sure it was fish safe, so that's why I posted this thread. A lot of the commercial grade faucets aren't fish safe, and most of the ones that are don't have threads or a vaccum breaker. I'm glad that I found one that has threads an a vaccum breaker, and that is fish safe.
 
actually if you want to go crazy I'd go a step further than that, and it would likely be cheaper AND more functional.

Go to your local hardware store and build your own faucet. Get 1 shut off valve for each temperature water ($15 each), then in between them put two T's - one going to a garden hose adapter for your python, and one going to a tube stub to fill buckets / wash your hands / etc.

My biggest issue with pythons is needing to always take them off or back on, and thats also when you are likely to break them. This way you could always leave it on, also have a normal faucet, and do it all for half the price.
 
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I also need a new faucet for my current fish room, does anyone know of a faucet that works with a standard kitchen sink that's threaded so I can connect my python water changer without needing an adapter?
 
Far cheaper to simply add an adapter to a good quality residential faucet. Also, the vacuum breaker may seem like a nifty idea, but it won't seem that way when it eventually fails, and they all do.
 
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